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Kingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:MammaliaOrder:PerissodactylaFamily:EquidaeGenus:EquusSpecies:E.africanusKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:MammaliaOrder:PerissodactylaFamily:EquidaeGenus:EquusSpecies:E.ferus

Hybridisation between these 2 animals is ______.

A
inbreeding
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out crossing
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C
cross breeding
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D
interspecific hybridisation
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The correct option is D interspecific hybridisation
Equus africanus (donkey) and Equus ferus (horse) belong to two different species. So, crossing them is interspecific hybridisation.

When breeding is between animals of the same breed within a species, it is called inbreeding, while crosses between different breeds of a species is called outbreeding.

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