Mildly Interesting

I didn’t know this was possible. That’s crazy.

Dogs have 78 chromosomes (39 haploid pairs), while the Pampas fox, 74 (37 haploid pairs). Additional evidence of hybridisation was the presence of two different X chromosome indicating their origins from two species.

Oh. My god.

SHE LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE FRUIT BAT!!! <3 <3 <3

Although she was sterilized during her medical care, scientists believed that she had been capable of reproduction.

In August 2023, Scientists asked the caretakers at Mantenedouro São Braz for fresh pictures of Dogxim. The caretakers replied that she had died six months prior to the request, being recently sterilized.[9] The time and nature of her death were never reported.

Wow great job, guys.

Veterinarian and conservationist Ferrari recalled that the canid had "no indications of any health problems" after her recovery.[13] Six months after the injury, she had been noted as completely healed.[2] The Brazilian government issued concerns on the cause of death.[9] The Secretariat of Environment and Infrastructure (SEMA) is conducting the investigation.

Okay I know I like to joke about how bat's look like sky puppers, but this is CLEARLY a bat-canine hybrid of some sort.

BAT-DOG!

Babe wake up, new adorable animal just dropped

Do we call them fogs? Doxes?

Looks like a big doggy bat. Cute!

Wake up honey, new $2000 designer dog just dropped

I read PAJAMAS over and over again.

its also bad because crossbreeding destroys the population of the fox population, polluting the gene pool of the fox species.

So precious!