I wanted to comment on a few things that have been posted thus far. Yes you can breed a Mexican with a plains. I did it several times in the late 80's/early 90's when I did not have a good male Mexican. I may have photos of the offspring somewhere, but they are prints and I do not have a scanner.



I also have some photos of what certainly appear to be natural crosses between the two subspecies (I am not sold on the species status given to kennerlyi). Their ranges do not overlap, they gradually change from one to the other. No major gaps in the range in Texas. The Pecos river is certainly not enough of a barrier to stop gene flow between the two subspecies, although specimens that I have seen from just west of the Pecos definitely show Mexican characteristics and the ones from just west show Plains. I wish that I had the photos of my old Val Verde county stock scanned in to show. I will see what I can dig up if I get the time this weekend.



Finally, I do currently breed locality kennerlyi and gloydi (yes, I still consider gloydi valid), as well as several morphs. For those that are so opposed to crossing these animals, you had better stay away from any morphs. I know that many of the red hogs out there have a lot of gloydi blood in them. Breeding a "plains" hognose from Texas to one from South Dakota is a lot worse than breeding a "plains" hog found just east of the Pecos to a "Mexican" hog from just across the river IMHO.



Just my .02

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