Mammalian Hybrids
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EUGENE M. MCCARTHY, PHD GENETICS, ΦΒΚ
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For history, I say again, has this and this only for its own: if a man will start upon it, he must sacrifice to no God but Truth.
—Lucian, The Way to Write History
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All of the crosses listed below have been reported. And about half have definitely occurred. As to the other half, consider the evidence collected under the heading of any given cross and judge for yourself. A minimum of opinion is interjected, because facts that convince one person will not always persuade another. In general, the evidence becomes increasingly thin as the crosses become more distant. However, this correlation is not strict, that is, some crosses between closely related animals are less well documented than certain distant crosses.
Mammalian Hybrids
Intrageneric crosses
Leopard × lioness
Lion × tigress
Mule (horse × donkey)
Coyote × dogIntergeneric crosses
Gorilla × Chimpanzee
Cattle-bison hybrids
An avian cross:
Intersubfamilial crosses
Dog-fox hybrids
Mule Deer × Moose?An avian cross:
A Caveat
Most scientists do not believe that crosses as distant as those listed below can actually occur. That is, the idea that intergeneric crosses occur is widely accepted, but not the notion that interfamilial crosses do. And most scientists consider the occurrence of interordinal and interclass crosses as far-fetched, or even impossible, especially ones involving human beings. However, extensive review of the literature reveals there is a great deal of evidence that such distant crosses do, at least on rare occasion, take place. It has been my policy in listing reports of hybrids to include all serious allegations, especially those of scholars, whether or not the hybrid alleged seems possible or likely to me. This policy, I think, helps to eliminate subjective judgment on my part, and therefore should remove at least one source of systematic bias from my work. It also helps to fulfill the ethical obligation of telling not just the truth, but the whole truth.
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Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
—John Adams
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Interfamilial crosses
Deer-cow hybrids
Cat-dog hybrids
Skunk-cat hybrids
Sheep-pig hybridsBovid × cervid:
Carnivores
Suid × Bovid
Interordinal crosses
Cat-rabbit hybrids
Zebra-giraffe hybrids?
Moose-horse hybrids
Cow-horse hybrids
Pig-human hybrids
Cow-human hybrids
Sheep-human hybrids
A cat-human hybrid?
Dog-human hybrids
Chicken-duck hybrids
Chicken-pigeon hybridsDog crosses
Bear crosses
Cat crosses
Cat × Rabbit:
Other cat crosses:
Artiodactyl × Equid:
Leporid × Artiodactyl:
Human-animal Hybrids
Pig × Human:
Cow × Human:
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Caprinid × Human:
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Horse × Human
Miscellaneous
Avian crosses
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For a compilation, or particular natural history, must be made of all monsters and prodigious births of nature; of everything, in short, which is new, rare, and unusual in nature.
—Francis Bacon
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Interclass crosses
Chicken-cat hybrids?
Human-chicken hybrids?
Capercaillie × sheep?
Dog × chicken?
Mammal × amphibian
Mammal × fish
Distant non-mammal crosses
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To cite this publication
McCarthy, E. M. 2013. Mammalian Hybrids. www.macroevolution.net/mammalian-hybrids.html (Add access date). |