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From: lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
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Subject: Re: Cats and Rabbits
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Date: 29 Apr 91 22:13:56 GMT
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In article <41794@cup.portal.com> dbell@cup.portal.com (David J Bell) writes:
   <Ashok Aiyar>
>>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".
>
>
   <Dave> 

>Mate? Yes, I suppose so. Produce offspring? Forget it... The
>species are too far apart. "Tigons" and "Ligers" I don't know
>about; I'd doubt it. "Mules" are perfectly common, crosses between
>donkies and horses. The term has come to be a generic for such
>inter-breeds, which are virtually always sterile offspring.

   Aren't rabbits parthenogenetic?  Maybe that's what happened.
   Also buffalo and cattle....

>Simliar crosses have been made, I understand, between horses
>and zebras. Rumors of Human/lower Primate crosses abound, and
>are probably just rumors...
  
   This is called the "Quayle".  >:-)