A hybrid animal that is the cross between a cattle (bovine) and a buffalo (bison), also called a beefalo.
From cattle + buffalo, with the middle syllables blended. A 20th-century creation word for an animal that is literally a cross between two species.
Catalos were created to combine the hardiness of buffalo with the meat quality of cattle, but they've mostly failed commercially because the hybrids are often sterile or difficult to breed—a reminder that nature's species barriers usually exist for good reason.
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