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GeoTheo · 07-31-2002, 09:47 AM

African hunting dogs have a different dental formula. So do dholes. So I think they are believed to be more distantly related.

The Lone Ranger · 07-31-2002, 12:01 PM

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Originally posted by Oolon Colluphid:

Interesting... I didn't realise about jackals. I wonder about African hunting dogs . . .

I don't know for certain, but I'd say that domestic dogs/wolves/jackals, etc. (Genus Canis) and African hunting dogs (Genus Lycaon) would be incapable of interbreeding.

Cheers,

Michael

Mageth · 07-31-2002, 12:14 PM

According to <a href="http://www.mluri.sari.ac.uk/wilddogs/wdgen.htm" target="_blank">this site,</a> African Wild Dogs can't interbreed with other species.

But it's not very detailed...

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07-31-2002, 09:47 AM	#11
GeoTheo Veteran Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Bemidji Posts: 1,197	African hunting dogs have a different dental formula. So do dholes. So I think they are believed to be more distantly related.

07-31-2002, 12:14 PM	#13
Mageth Contributor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Deep in the heart of mother-lovin' Texas Posts: 29,689	According to <a href="http://www.mluri.sari.ac.uk/wilddogs/wdgen.htm" target="_blank">this site,</a> African Wild Dogs can't interbreed with other species. But it's not very detailed...

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