F1 Hybrid Cat
The term is sometimes written with a subscript as f1 hybrid.
F1 hybrid cat. As with other hybrid cats such as the chausie and bengal cat most first generation cats will possess many of the servals exotic traits while these traits often diminish in later generations. A bengal cat with an alc parent is called an f1 bengal short for first filial. F1 hybrids are used in genetics and in selective breeding where it may appear as f1 crossbreed. Caracat chausie and controversy its easy to see the appeal of hybrid cats such as the caracat but the methods of breeding raise scrutiny and controversy.
The f is short for filial a word that means befitting a good son or daughter to further the bengal line the f1 females are bred with a male domestic cat to produce f2 bengals. Size is very dependent on generation and sex with f1 hybrid male cats usually being the largest. The bengal cat breed resulted from cross breeding an asian leopard cat alc felis bengalensis with the domestic cat felis catus. An f1 hybrid also known as filial 1 hybrid is the first filial generation of offspring of distinctly different parental types.
The first three filial generations f1 f3 of these hybrid animals are referred to as the foundation generations. We have been active in breeding savannah cats since 2006 and are active members of tica. The family line continues down from there such as this. Subsequent generations are called f2 f3 etc.
We are situated in the foothills of the great smoky mountains of tennessee only a small drive away from from knoxville tennessee. Male savannahs tend to be larger than females. Initially the f1 females are bred with a fertile male bengal or an asian leopard cat to produce f2 bengals. Banks mar 2 2015 the caracat is a cross between a caracal desert lynx and an abyssinian.
F1hybrids savannahs is a world renowned breeder of savannah cats. F1 and f2 generations are usually the largest due to the stronger genetic influence of the african serval ancestor.