Hi, Two years ago, I was surprised to see that one of my neighbours' black cat was quite chummy with a fox. I would have thought the fox would have eaten the cat! But I have seen them together on several occasions since then. And two weeks ago, I saw a very strange animal on the car park next to our block. It was a VERY large cat, at least twice as big as a normal cat. It was not fat, it was big & tall. The colour of its fur was also quite strange: it was like big patches of black and brown, and quite bushy. Could that creature be a mutant, a hybrid between a fox and a cat ? I thought that interbreeding species was genetically impossible, but is it just very unlikely? Thanks for your help, cjc
2007-02-04 03:57:30 · 13 answers · asked by cjc 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
That creature was most likely a largebreed cat such as a mainecoon, they do have certian fox like characteristis, but I assure you they are completely cat.
Cats an foxes have a different number of chromasomes being that they are from different species and classifications, they cannot sucessfully breed.
2007-02-04 04:58:09 · answer #1 · answered by smedrik 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This can be possible I saw a article in the sun news paper last year Nov 17 06 about a dog which mated with a cat and then the cat gave birth to 3 kittens who sadly died but she also had 3 live puppies that had cat like claws and ears. They got a genetics expert and had them tested I have not read anything more on this or came across anything more about the dats/cogs as they were called in the paper. To see for youself go to http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006530499,00.html
2007-02-05 00:30:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is genetically impossible, since the fox is in the "Dog" family, not a cat. What you saw was probably a very large cat - perhaps a Maine Coon Cat. She could be a newcomer to the neighborhood. They often get larger than 25 pounds - which is about twice the size of a normal cat. Was it a calico? If so, almost certainly a female.
2007-02-04 04:03:41 · answer #3 · answered by Zelda Hunter 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You probably saw some breed of cat or dog or some other wild animal, like a bob cat. If it was kind of far away, you might not have been able to see it quite clear enough. Sometimes our imaginations can cause us to think that something we can't see quite clear enough is something entirely different than what it actually is, for example, people in Scotland might think that he saw the Loch Ness Monster on Loch Ness on a foggy morning when what he was actually seeing was a partially submerged branch.
2016-05-24 03:55:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not naturally. Although I'm sure with gene splicing, a viable embryo could be made. There are very few cross-genus breedings that produce offspring, and most of the offspring produced are sterile. (mules or ligers, for examples)
2007-02-04 04:02:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Foxes are related to wolves and dogs therefore can't mate with cats.
2007-02-08 02:07:48 · answer #6 · answered by Sam 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not Possible. Were you going to or coming from pub?
Poor Angeldoll, Don't you know that looking at the Sun can blind you (to reality).
2007-02-08 01:34:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Genetically impossible.
2007-02-04 04:02:45 · answer #8 · answered by bluebonnetgranny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it is not possible. You must have seen a Lynx or something like that.
2007-02-04 04:07:13 · answer #9 · answered by Ben 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything is possible. That would be kind of neat. I bet they would make very cute and uneak baby's.
2007-02-04 04:02:16 · answer #10 · answered by Hugs and Kisses 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋