Cross Species Breeding?

[Running Arrow Bill]

Must be Saturday morning...

Curious if anyone has ever heard of it happening, etc., with cross-species breeding? If you have ever heard of this happening. Resulted in: (a) actual penetration, or (b) actual offspring happening?

:roll: :?:

 

[greenwillowherefords]

Bill, what species are we discussing here?

One of my customers called me to brag on the bull I sold him. He said the calves were good, and the bull was doing a good job taking care of his cows, but added that he had also tried to breed his mare. :shock: I don't know how successful he was in his attempt, but I've certainly never heard of such a mating before, let alone one that produced offspring.

Would the mule be considered to be the cross between two species? I would say they have to be similar animals. I guess the beefalo is in that category as well. I believe there have been successful matings between sheep and goats, whether they were test tube matings or not I do not remember. Wolves, coyotes, and dogs can interbreed, and I think that wildcats sometimes cross with domestic cats.

 

[Chuck]

Mules, zorses and beefalo come to mind. Probably others I'm not thinking of right now.

 

[Chuck]

Sorry GW- we were typing at the same time.

 

[greenwillowherefords]

Sorry GW- we were typing at the same time.

No problem, I forgot about the Zebra cross. Really, Brahman cattle are about as different from Bos Taurus as the Bison is, IMO.

 

[Frankie]

I saw a Liger (LionXTiger) on TV a while back. He was huge. The attendent said it was an accidental mating. I can't remember what he called them when it was a TigerXLion cross. The offspring of across-species breeding are often sterile.

 

[greenwillowherefords]

I saw a Liger (LionXTiger) on TV a while back. He was huge. The attendent said it was an accidental mating. I can't remember what he called them when it was a TigerXLion cross. The offspring of across-species breeding are often sterile.

Saw one of these at a wildlife refuge near Eureka Springs, Ark.

 

[Beefy]

it depends on how close the two species are. if they have a close number of chromosomes it can work and the offspring can be viable (although usually sterile). thats why all the crosses mentioned in this thread work. but for instance a cat and dog couldnt reproduce b/c their chromosome numbers are so different, the mating wouldnt result in viable offspring. okay maybe a better example would be a dog and a goat. penetration- possibly, offspring- negative.

 

[TLCfromARK]

I saw a picture posted on the internet a few years ago, the heading was " The World's worst coon dog". It showed a picture of big racoon :heart: "riding" :heart: on a beagle :shock: and the dog was just standing there.

So I guess there could be penetration, but I doubt any conception.
;-)

 

[ctlbaron]

We have Pixie Bobs at the barn. Great mousers.

 

[msscamp]

We have Pixie Bobs at the barn. Great mousers.

What is a Pixie Bob? I have never heard of that. :?:

 

[Tod Dague]

http://www.greenapple.com/~jorp/amzanim/crossesa.htm

 

[msscamp]

What exactly was the point of that link? There is nothing on it about Pixie Bob's. :?: :?: :?:

 

[Tod Dague]

What exactly was the point of that link? There is nothing on it about Pixie Bob's. :?: :?: :?:

So people can see some cross species animals. Sorry, it wasn't in response to the pixie bob post. Maybe some one will find it interesting. ;-)

 

[msscamp]

My apologies. As it followed my question, I naturally thought it was an answer. Yet another example of my faulty logic processes! It was informative, and interesting. I guess I'm just cranky tonight. Sorry.

 

[greenwillowherefords]

Hey that link you posted was pretty interesting. We clicked on it to see what it was and spent 30 minutes on it.

 

[sidney411]

mscamp - you sure seem cranky a lot :roll:

What I don't understand is that when you cross the male of species A with the female of species B you get a different animal then if you would have crossed the male of species B with the female of species A. I would think that would be the same either way around.

 

[Tod Dague]

My apologies. As it followed my question, I naturally thought it was an answer. Yet another example of my faulty logic processes! It was informative, and interesting. I guess I'm just cranky tonight. Sorry.

Not a problem.

 

[msscamp]

Thanks, Todd. We've had better than two weeks of overcast, cloudy, grey, depressing weather. The rain is wonderful (got another 3 inches yesterday), but I don't do well with overcast. I tend to get cranky and irritable. I'm not posting this as an excuse, simply an explanation. I really appreciate your willingness to forgive.