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Can raccoons and opossums mate

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Females are sexually mature at one year of age. Males are not sexually mature until they are two years old.

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"It is genetically impossible for domestic cats to breed with either raccoons or bobcats, as we in the cat fancy know, because they are of different genera and do not hybridize." according to the Cat Fanciers Association in their article about a breed of cat known as Maine Coon Cat, cited here: http://www.cfainc.org/breeds/profiles/articles/maine.html

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Most likely not. It is amazing when a mule is bred. Dogs mixes are like freaks of nature. That is most unlikely.

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what do you think....

They are from different species and are from different animal/mammal groups so it would be impossible for them to have offspring together.

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Raccoons and opossums are too genetically different to hybridize. Raccoons are placental mammals while opossums are marsupials

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no definetely not

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No a raccoon and opossums can not mate.

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