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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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[–] snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Do we call them fogs? Doxes?

[–] admin@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago
[–] wabafee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] Amaterasu@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Gzus, quite dark comment/thought

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Aw. 🦊🐶💔