mixed breed

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A mixed breed is a domesticated animal descended from multiple breeds of the same species, often breeding without any human intervention, recordkeeping, or selective breeding. Examples include:

• Mixed-breed dog, a dog whose ancestry is complex or not known, also colloquially known as "mutt"{{cite journal |last1=Simpson |first1=Robert John |last2=Simpson |first2=Kathyrn Jo |last3=VanKavage |first3=Ledy |title=Rethinking dog breed identification in veterinary practice |journal=Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association |date=1 November 2012 |volume=241 |issue=9 |pages=1163–1166 |doi=10.2460/javma.241.9.1163 |pmid=23078561 |url=https://avmajournals.avma.org/view/journals/javma/241/9/javma.241.9.1163.xml |access-date=31 January 2022 |language=en|doi-access=free }}
• Grade horse, a horse whose parentage is unknown, unidentifiable,{{cite book |last1=Damerow |first1=Gail|author-link=Gail Damerow |last2=Rice |first2=Alina |title=Draft Horses and Mules: Harnessing Equine Power for Farm & Show |date=8 October 2008 |publisher=Storey Publishing |isbn=978-1-60342-642-8 |page=74 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zc5LYAbxOQMC&pg=PA74 |access-date=1 February 2022 |language=en}} or of significantly mixed breeding
• A domestic short-haired cat or domestic long-haired cat of no particular breed, colloquially called a "moggy"{{cite journal |last1=Irving McGrath |first1=Jennifer |last2=Zhang |first2=Wengang |last3=Hollar |first3=Regina |last4=Collings |first4=Alison |last5=Powell |first5=Roger |last6=Foale |first6=Rob D. |last7=Thurley |first7=Nicola |last8=Brockman |first8=Jeffrey A. |last9=Mellanby |first9=Richard J. |last10=Gunn-Moore |first10=Danièlle A. |last11=Schoenebeck |first11=Jeffrey J. |title=More Than a Moggy; A Population Genetics Analysis of the United Kingdom's Non-Pedigree Cats |journal=Genes |date=October 2021 |volume=12 |issue=10 |pages=1619 |doi=10.3390/genes12101619 |pmid=34681013 |pmc=8535647 |language=en|doi-access=free }} or "moggie" in some dialects