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Updated 3 February 2020 <br /> 3 <br /> <br />https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5309.pdf). Hybrid felines present potential zoonotic and <br />epidemiological threats because: <br />o Available rabies vaccinations are not approved by the U.S. Department of <br />Agriculture (USDA) for hybrid felines as they have not been subject to challenge <br />tests for animals of this kind; <br />o In the case of a bite to a person, the required period of observation to determine <br />whether the hybrid feline was shedding rabies in its saliva at the time of bite <br />remains unknown; <br />o In the case of a hybrid feline that may have had contact with a rabies vector <br />animal, the incubation period of rabies in hybrid felines remains unknown and so <br />precludes determining the necessary length of a quarantine period. <br /> <br />iii The current practice of hybridizing wild felines to domestic cats to produce new “breeds,” e.g. <br />the Bengal, Savannah, and Cheetoh, has advanced toward domestication further than has the <br />comparable practice of hybridizing wild canids to domestic dogs. <br /> <br />iv The restriction includes small-bodied primates such as Dwarfed South American monkeys of <br />the family Callitrichidae (marmosets and tamarins) owing to elevated risk of harm for zoonotic <br />reasons.