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Dogxim was a female canid hybrid between a Pampas fox and a domesticated dog discovered in Brazil in 2021 (lemmy.world)

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Dogxim, or Graxorra in Portuguese, was a female canid hybrid between a Pampas fox and a domesticated dog that was discovered in Brazil in 2021.

The canid showed a mixture of fox and dog behaviors, and a team of geneticists led by Thales Renato Ochotorena de Freitas and Rafael Kretschmer announced in 2023 that she was a distinct hybrid genetically that "represents the first documented case of hybridization between these two [fox and dog] species".

She was popularized as the first "fox"-dog hybrid documented in the world, although the Pampas fox and other South American foxes are not true foxes, being instead closer genetically to wolf-like canids, which include dogs.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wake up honey, new $2000 designer dog just dropped

[–] PerogiBoi 2 points 1 day ago

Regular puppies in Ontario, Canada cost $1500-2500 from breeders since COVID. You’re thinking of a number with 5 digits for a designer dog.