Sheep and Goats seem similar but they belong to a different genera.Although Sheep and Goats can be mated.A hybrid of a Sheep and a Goat is sometimes called "geep".Sheep belong to the genus Ovis and have 54 chromosomes,while Goats belong to the genus Capra and have 60 chromosomes.In 2000,at Botswana ministry of agriculture , a male Sheep impregnated a female Goat resulting in a hybrid.This hybrid had 57 chromosomes ,intermediate between Sheep and Goats.It had a coarse outer coat,a woolly inner coat,long goat-like legs and a heavy sheep-like body.Till now 6 hybrids have been reported in different locations and all of them were healthy, only the one was infertile.An infertile hybrid can not mate.
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