2007-12-04 08:21:50 · 7 answers · asked by sheltonj2406 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
No, not with bats and rats...they are not closely related AT ALL. Bats are more closely related to primates whereas rats are rodents. Some very closely related animals can interbreed however..but they must have the same number of chomosomes.
2007-12-07 17:25:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are some species that can interbreed. Usually they are closely related species. A horse and a donkey produce a mule. A tiger and a lion produce a liger. These things rarely if ever happen in the wild. The offspring are usually sterile or have reduced fertility.
One surprise to me was the cross between the common pigeon [Columba livia] and the ring neck dove [Streptopelia capicola]. I had one of each in my aviary, they mated and produced one chick. I was amazed because they are not even in the same genus, let alone the same species.
There are many possible cross-species hybrids in the world, but it is rare to find one other than a mule. I don't think a rat could reproduce with a bat, because they are not close enough. But then, I was surprised by my two birds.
2007-12-04 21:07:41 · answer #2 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are some genuses that can produce sterile offspring with one another, but not a bat and a rat, as they are two dfferent orders (chiroptera and rodentia).
2007-12-04 16:55:02 · answer #3 · answered by Rain Dear 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
none but others include a liger-tiger and lion
mule-horse and a donkey
many dog breeds like
westies, and cocopoos.
2007-12-04 16:35:32 · answer #4 · answered by Peggy P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Very few. A mule is a horse and a donkey, for example.
2007-12-04 16:25:57 · answer #5 · answered by smartypants909 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hybrids?
has been known
not sure about rats and bats
2007-12-04 16:30:10 · answer #6 · answered by crunchymonkey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess you'd call it a "brat". I've seen lots of those.
2007-12-05 12:07:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋