The results of her genetic makeup have revealed that the female animal is believed to be the world’s first dog-fox hybrid.

Flavia said: "She was an amazing animal, really a hybrid between a pampas fox and a dog. "It was not as docile as a dog, but ...

When she compared the genetic material from five species of South American foxes, Tchaicka, now a professor at the State University of Maranhão (UEMA), saw another enigma: some individuals that had ...