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The Lykoi (commonly called wolf cat or werewolf cat) is a breed of cat derived from a natural mutation causing a form of hypotrichia (e.g. congenital alopecia) [1] found in domestic short-haired cats. The mutation has occurred in domestic cats over the last 20 years.
The common raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides), also called the Chinese or Asian raccoon dog to distinguish it from the Japanese raccoon dog, is a small, heavy-set, fox-like canid native to East Asia. Named for its raccoon-like face markings, it is most closely related to foxes.
The Wolf Dog (1933) is an American Pre-Code Mascot film serial starring Frankie Darro and Rin Tin Tin Jr. Wolf Dog (1958), also known as A Boy and His Dog, is a Northwestern movie, directed and produced by Sam Newfield, and produced by Regal Films; Wolfdogs Magazine self-describes as a progressive "community based publication for wolfdog ...
The breeding of wolf–dog crosses is controversial, with opponents purporting that it produces an animal unfit as a domestic pet. A number of wolfdog breeds are in development. The first generation crosses (one wolf parent, one dog parent) generally are backcrossed to domestic dogs to maintain a domestic temperament and consistent conformation.
All species within the wolf-like canids share a similar morphology and possess 78 chromosomes, allowing them potentially to interbreed. [6] Within the wolf-like canids is the jackal group, which includes the three jackals: the black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomela), the side-striped jackal (Lupulella adusta), and the golden jackal (Canis ...
Mountain wolf or red wolf (Cuon alpinus), better known as dhole or Indian wild dog; Painted wolf or ornate wolf (Lycaon pictus), better known as the African wild dog; Prairie wolf (Canis latrans), better known as the coyote; Red wolf (Canis rufus), an endangered canine of the Southeastern United States sometimes considered a subspecies of the ...
One such reference can be found in the part of the manuscript known as The Wonders of the East, in which they are called "healfhundingas" or "half-dogs." Also, in Anglo-Saxon England , the Old English word wulfes heafod ("wolf's head") was a technical term for an outlaw , who could be killed as if he were a wolf.
A 2016 meta-analysis of 25 genetics studies from 1995 to 2013 found that the northeastern coywolf is 60% western coyote, 30% eastern wolf, and 10% domestic dog. However, this hybrid canid is only now coming into contact with the southern wave of coyote migration into the southern United States. [20]