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REXANO HYBRID FELINES GALLERY
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Hybrids between domestic and wild/exotic
animals are considered domestic, according to USDA (US Department of
Agriculture). Good examples of these would be wolf dogs or various small cat
breeds. However, to transport them outside of USA, you need
CITES permit.
These domestic hybrid cat breeds, such as the
Bengal
( Asian Leopard Cat (ALC)-derived),
Savannah (Serval-derived) and
Chausie
(African Jungle Cat-derived) are
described by their generation with the number after the letter ‘F’, F meaning
filial.
The ‘F’ number refers to the generations they are removed from the wild cat used
to create that cat breed. A first generation cross between an exotic cat and a
domestic is designated F1. An F2 is the next generation, deriving from a cross
between an F1 and a domestic cat (so the wild cat is the grandparent, two
generations away), an F3 derives from an F2 and a domestic cat (wild cat is
great-grandparent and three generations away) and so on. These "F" designations
can be very important, for example: some states consider F5 or further domestic
when they ban hybrids of F1 through F4,
and the domestic cat registry TICA allows F3 and further to be shown at cat
shows.
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