Commentary for Bava Kamma 155:10

וטהורה מטמאה מי מיעברא אין דקיי"ל

But if we accept the view of R. Eleazar, who allows redemption with a hybrid sheep, as we have learnt: R. Eleazar allows the redemption to be made with a hybrid, for it is a sheep,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Bek. 1, 5. ');">⁷</span> to what <i>halachah</i> [can we refer the statement of Raba]? — R. Eleazar might reply that the statement made by Raba is to teach [the prohibition of] an unclean animal<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.g.. a swine; v. Lev. XI, 7. ');">⁹</span> born from a clean animal<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Such as a sheep. ');">¹⁰</span> which became pregnant from an unclean animal [being forbidden as food].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Such as where a cow became pregnant from a horse and gave birth to a foal or where a sheep became pregnant from a swine and gave birth to a swine. ');">¹¹</span> this opinion not being in accordance with R. Joshua. for R. Joshua derived<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Bek. 7a. ');">¹²</span> this prohibition from the verse 'the sheep of sheep and the sheep of goats'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XIV, 4. ');">¹³</span> which implies that unless the father was a 'sheep' and the mother a 'sheep' [the offspring is forbidden for food]. But could a clean animal become pregnant from an unclean animal? — Yes, since it is known to us

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