Is it possible to have offspring of mating between a cat and a rabbit?

please answer if you know certainlyIs it possible to have offspring of mating between a cat and a rabbit?
Cats have 38 chromosomes, while rabbits only have 22. In order for two different species to be able to mate, they not only have to have a similar number of chromosomes (usually the same but sometimes a difference of two, as in horses and donkeys) but also have other factors in common such as size, gestation time, etc. If chromosome numbers are similar and a fetus is created, it will likely not survive if the two mated animals have significantly different birth weights or gestation lengths.Is it possible to have offspring of mating between a cat and a rabbit?
No. In order for two different species to interbreed, they must be closely related. Generally, animals within the same genus can interbreed - for example, that most famous of hybrids, the mule, is a cross between a male donkey and female horse, both of which belong to the genus Equus (the offspring of a male horse and female donkey is called a hinny, incidentally). Depending on how closely related they are, species in different genera but the same family can sometimes interbreed too - for example, the puma and the leopard both belong to the family Felidae, but the genera Puma and Panthera respectively, and can interbreed to produce a hybrid known as a pumapard.





Being closely related basically means that two species share a greater amount of genetic material with each other than with other animals. Beyond family level, two species cease to share enough genetic material for the egg and sperm to 'recognise' each other, which is why you can't breed animals from different families like, say, a dog and a cat - a dog sperm simply wouldn't be able to fertilise a cat egg, and vice versa. Rabbits and cats are not only in different families, but different orders. There is no possible way they could produce offspring together.





By the way, it is not necessary for animals to have the same number of chromosomes to interbreed, as some of your answers seem to suggest. Horses and donkeys have different numbers of chromosomes, for example. The difference in chromosome number between the parent species is the reason many hybrids are sterile, since it means they cannot produce functional sex cells, but it does not prevent the existence of the hybrid itself.
No.





The chromosomes wouldn't match therefore, it's impossible.