Commentary for Chullin 157:26

וקתני

I still sa that the sire of this offspring was an ass-stallion and of that also an ass-stallion, and as to your retort, 'Wa necessary to state this? ' [I reply that] you might have argued that the horse in the one copulates with the ass in the other, and the ass in the one copulates with the horse in the other;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since each offspring is half horse and half ass, it might be argued that in copulation the half horse in the one unites with the half ass in the other, and vice versa, hence there is breeding of diverse kinds which would be forbidden.');">¹⁰</span>

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