(This article is part of the support material for the alternative theory of evolution offered on this website.)
An alleged dog-cow hybrid birthed by a cow in 2011. Enlarge
A second view of the alleged dog-cow cross. Enlarge
View of the interior of the mouth, showing the presence of a dental pad on the anterior maxilla (like that of a cow). Enlarge
None of the many reports quoted below, have as yet been confirmed by molecular genetic tests. Indeed, it seems that none of specimens described therein have ever been subjected to such a test.
This article began as an account of a hybrid birth that allegedly occurred in Indonesia in 2011, but which seems never to have made the news here in the United States. That particular event is described in what immediately follows, the portion of this page that was written first. However, subsequent searches for other records about hybrids of this type revealed many additional, reports, which are quoted lower down on this page, after the account of the Indonesian case.
According to Indonesian-, Malay- and Arabic-language news reports and blogs, on February 2nd of that year, a cow on the island of Madura, off the northeastern coast of Java, gave birth to a creature (pictured at right) that created widespread excitement and, given that cattle are often accorded sacred status in eastern Asia, even religious awe.
The owner, described in the various articles as the “farmer Misnoto” (also pictured at right), is a resident of the hamlet of Katuje in the Gate District of Sumenep, Madura. He told reporters that the “calf” was born early that Wednesday morning via normal processes and that he and his neighbors were all surprised when they saw its dog-like face.
The various reports seem not to identify the type of cow that served as maternal parent, but Maduran farmers do not keep European domestic cattle (Bos taurus), so the mother would most likely have been either a banteng cow (Bos javanicus), shown below at right, or a cow of the Madura breed (Bos javanicus × Bos indicus).
