Although there are some anecdotal reports of a successful 'dox' hybrid through the mating of a fox and a dog, there is no true evidence of this. In fact, the mating of a fox and dog is highly unlikely due to large genetic diversity between the two species.
Red foxes don't produce hybrids with other foxes, either. Although they could theoretically crossbreed with kit foxes or swift foxes, it's never actually been known to happen.
Foxes and wolves may both be in the same broad canine family, but they cannot interbreed and have very little in common.
Jackals are true members of the dog family and can actually interbreed with both domestic dogs and wolves.
Do they mate with one another? People often speculate as to the frequency of coyote-dog hybrids, or coydogs, in urban settings. Coyotes and dogs are related, and they are biologically capable of producing hybrid litters. Coydogs have been raised in captivity.
A wolfdog is a wolfdog or dog bred to another wolfdog or dog, which are the same canine species, a wolf hybrid is a cross between a pure wolf (usually bred in captivity) and a dog or a wolfdog.
Dogs, which have 78 chromosomes, have been known to mate with other members of the Canis genus, such as wolves (their original ancestor species), dingoes (probably a feral version of our domestic dogs!), jackals (78 or 80 chromosomes) and coyotes (78 chromosomes).
Since the early days of European settlement of Australia, domestic dogs have been interbreeding with 'pure' dingoes to create hybrids or crossbreds.
The hyena conceives by a wolf and brings forth Onolysum. Evidence for the occurrence of hyena hybrids is sparse, as the reader will judge from the information below. Crocuta crocuta [Spotted Hyaena] Lönnberg (1908) treated two forms of hyena as distinct species under two distinct scientific names.
It's known that wolves in the eastern United States can mate with coyotes—which could explain the presence of coyotelike mitochondrial DNA in the eastern wolves—but hybrids haven't been observed in the west.
Can a fox and coyote mate? Foxes and coyotes belong to different genera; therefore, they don't mate with each other.
Probably not. Ethical considerations preclude definitive research on the subject, but it's safe to say that human DNA has become so different from that of other animals that interbreeding would likely be impossible.
But creating hybrids of animals that are very genetically distinct from each other—such as a dog and a cat—is scientifically impossible, as is one species giving birth to an entirely different one. That has not stopped people from hoping.
The cats are bigger than a typical house cat, and have large, ringed tails and “highly developed” canine teeth. Because of their appearance, they are known locally as chat-renard, or “cat-fox.” They hunt nocturnally and, from the looks of it, are just thrilled by all of the attention.
But while certain breeds originated in North America, there's only one wild dog we can claim: the Carolina Dog. The Carolina dog looks an awful lot like the Australian dingo, and is sometimes called the “American Dingo” or “Dixie Dingo” because of its Southern roots.
Researchers at the University of Sydney have found no genetic evidence that the iconic Australian kelpie shares canine ancestry with a dingo, despite Australian bush myth.
A stray dog can become feral when it is forced out of the human environment or when it is co-opted or socially accepted by a nearby feral group. Feralization occurs by the development of a fear response to humans.
White-tailed deer and mule deer can mate and create offspring, as do domestic cattle and bison, cattle and yaks, wolves and dogs, wolves and coyotes, and coyotes and dogs.
It happens in both animals and plants. Such encounters can affect the conservation and evolution of a species. When two different species successfully mate, the resulting offspring is called a hybrid. Hybrids are often, but not always, sterile (think of mules).
You can, in fact, even breed dogs with other genetically-similar species, such as wolves, coyotes or dingoes, to produce what is known as a 'hybrid'.
Batty. Batty is the deuteragonist of 100% Wolf series. She is a street dog who accidentally meets a werewolf-turned-poodle named Freddy Lupin and becomes his best friend while helping him adjust to life as a dog.
Yuki is a part dog and part wolf, and the very rare wolfdog hybrid is actually 87.5% Gray Wolf, 8.6% Siberian Husky, with 3.9% German Shepherd – as reported by his residence, the Shy Wolf Sanctuary in Naples, Florida. A few months ago, Yuki achieved viral fame because he is so large people thought he was fake.