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From: annick@physiol.su.oz.au (Annick Ansselin)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: Cats and Rabbits
Message-ID: <1636@physiol.su.oz.au>
Date: 29 Apr 91 03:12:32 GMT
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In <1991Apr28.152146.1353@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> axa12@po.CWRU.Edu (Ashok Aiyar) writes:



>I have just been told that cats and rabbits can mate under 
>domesticated situations, producing offspring called "cabbits".
>I was uder the impression that rabbits were rodents and cats were
>felines, and that such a mating could not be successful.  If this
>correct?  Could someone please comment on "cabbits".

>Also I would be interested in knowing about other inter-species
>offspring such as "tigons", "ligers" and "mules".

I think someone has been pulling your leg (they could not possibly be
serious surely!)
There is no way a cat and rabbit could have live progeny.
They belong to completely different families, let alone genus & species.
Mules come from a cross between a horse and a donkey who are closely
related (same genus different species?) and as far as I know are sterile.
The press has had articles about tigons/ligons over the years, but I have
no idea of their accuracy - I suppose it implies a cross between a tiger
and a lion. Maybe someone else has definite information about these.