canine interbreeding

From: Karin Goihl & Daniel Fahey <goihlk_at_zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 20:57:10 +0200

Carl Fink:
>> Wolves, coyotes, jackals, and domestic dogs are at least arguably the
>> same species (in that they interbreed.).

Henrix:
>What? Sorry, but no. None of these, with the possible exception of the
wolf,
>can have fertile offspring with an ordinary dog. The wolf is a disputed
case,
>some say that dogs _can_ have fertile offspring with them.

I've known half wolves and half coyotes. You may be right in that dogs cannot have fertile offspring with coyotes and wolves, but I've never heard that and there're enuf mixes around to give the impression that these are normal.

Daniel

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