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Can foxes and dogs breed?

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In the case of canines, wolves ('canis lupus') and domestic dogs ('canis domesticus') can interbreed. Apparently some domestic dog breeds can, or used to able, to breed with foxes (vulpes fulve) which are a different genus. read more

Other members of the wider dog family, the Canidae, such as South American canids, true foxes, bat-eared foxes, or raccoon dogs which diverged seven to ten million years ago, are less closely related to and cannot hybridize with the wolf-like canids because the red fox has 34 metacentric chromosomes and from 0 to 8 small B chromosomes, the raccoon dog has 42 chromosomes, and the fennec fox has 64 chromosomes. read more

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According to Platt (p. 241), Aristotle believed the “Laconian hound,” an ancient breed of dog, to be derived from hybridization between fox and dog. And Xenophon (On Hunting, iii) says, The Vulpine is a hybrid between the dog and the fox: hence the name. read more

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