2006-07-10 15:55:36 · 10 answers · asked by hotgirlflowers 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
yes, similar patterns in their genetics but only some. It's like those compatibility tests that they do on the internet to match you up with a guy or a girl.
2006-07-10 15:58:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES. I am no zoologist, but from what I remember, one of the main things that DEFINE a species is the ability to mate AND produce fertile offspring. However, some matings amongst different (albeit related) species can produce sterile offspring. Think of a mule born of a horse and a donkey.
2006-07-10 22:59:56 · answer #2 · answered by Arturo Prado 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but not always. A pig and a goat can't, but a horse and a donkey can. Although the offspring of most of these mixes are sterile. However this is not always true. Recently a hybrid cross of a Grizzly Bear and a Polar Bear was killed and the body given to science. It was determined to be able to breed when it was alive. So the answer is sometimes not obvious.
2006-07-11 02:07:08 · answer #3 · answered by sir_john_65 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course. They're called hybrids. There's the mule for instance, a cross between a horse and a donkey. Then there's the liger, a cross between a lion and a tiger. As long as they're closely related and have the same number of chromosomes, they'll usually produce viable offspring. Often, the offspring themselves can't reproduce.
2006-07-10 22:59:34 · answer #4 · answered by Ed A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes they can if the two species are closely related (ex. tiger+lion=liger, donkey+horse=mule, I think zebras and something else can too) They're called hybrids. In several cases the hybrids are sterile and can't reproduce.
2006-07-10 23:00:01 · answer #5 · answered by snake_girl85 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, but they gotta be from the same class and the offspring is sterile.
2006-07-19 02:41:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, the mule is a combo of a horse and a donkey but most animals dont mix its a genetic thing.
2006-07-10 22:57:40 · answer #7 · answered by Bluris 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes some can
Horses and Donkeys +++ Mules
Zebra and Donkey +++++Zdonk
Cattle and Buffalo++++++Beefalo
you can also cross sheep and white tail deer
Now if you are asking if a lizard and a skunk can mate No they can not.
2006-07-10 23:05:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they can, but the only problem is the offspring will be sterile.
2006-07-10 23:00:31 · answer #9 · answered by cjfm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only in Xanth....
2006-07-10 23:08:15 · answer #10 · answered by cdf-rom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋