After a roadside accident, rescuers expected to treat an injured animal. What they discovered could change how we understand ...

The creature, a female, was named “Dogxim,” a cross between “dog” and “graxaim do campo,” the Portuguese name for Pampas fox. And while the first, it may not be the last of its kind.

In 2021, an animal shelter in Vacaria, Brazil discovered an animal that appeared to hybrid between a domestic dog and a pampas fox—a “false” fox that’s actually a canid more similar to ...

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The first known hybrid between a pampas fox and a domestic dog was discovered in Brazil. The "amazing" creature shared visual and behavioral characteristics with both animals.

Genetic testing found that the hybrid had 76 chromosomes, halfway between the dog’s 78 and the pampas fox’s 74. Overall, the rare mixing of animals from two different genera resulted in a genetic ...

ChatGPT a dit : A mysterious animal discovered in southern Brazil is unlike anything seen before — part wild fox, part domestic dog. Scientists are baffled by its unusual traits and genetic makeup.

They determined it was a hybrid between a pampas fox — a fox native to South America — and a domestic dog, according to a study published on Aug. 3 in the journal Animals.

The pampas cat has a wide distribution all over South America, from northern Ecuador to southern Argentina, including Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Brazil.

The Pampas grasslands, spanning southern Brazil, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina, are home to a wildcat so rare that researchers consider it the most endangered of its kind in the Americas ...