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An interesting hybrid development

To: Frank Hemmings <>
Subject: An interesting hybrid development
From: Carl Clifford <>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:56:57 +1000
An interesting three way hybridisation problem is arising in Canada
with Wolves. The Eastern Wolf (Canis lycaon), has for some time
occaisionally hybridised with the Coyote (Canis latrans), in the
eastern parts of Canada. Now there are signs that there have been
mating between C. lycaon X latrans individuals with the Grey Wolf
(Canis lupus) in the areas where the C. lycaon and C. lupus ranges
meet. The increasing degree of hybridisation (or at least the
discovery of the degree through DNA analysis) has really muddied the
waters as far as how many species of Canis there actually are in North America.

Cheers,

Carl Clifford


On 24/07/2008, at 7:54 AM, Frank Hemmings wrote:

Hi all,

In regards to the three-way hybirdisation reported in this study, I
remembered some discussion of this with lorikeets.  Just checked the
archives, and a thread about hybrid lorikeets in the Bellarine
Peninsula in southern Victoria appeared on Birding-aus in July 2006. Apparently introduced Scaly-breasted Lorikeets interbred not only with Rainbow Lorikeets, but also with Musk Lorikeets and some birds were a mix of all three species. In one post, a link to Peter Fullers website http://www.peterfuller.com.au/essays/lorikeets/lorikeets.html is provided where he discusses this and provides photos of different
hybrid combinations.  Interestingly the Musk Lorikeet hybrids apepar
to only be between all three species rather than with either Rainbow
or Scaly-breasted as 2 species combination possibilites. Possibly not many three-way hybrid individuals as in the case of the fish in this
study, but nevertheless it is apparently happening in birds here in
Australia.  Cheers,

Frank

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