enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Canidae - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canidae

    Canidae (/ ˈ k æ n ɪ d iː /; [3] from Latin, canis, "dog") is a biological family of dog-like carnivorans, colloquially referred to as dogs, and constitutes a clade. A member of this family is also called a canid (/ ˈ k eɪ n ɪ d /). [4] The family includes three subfamilies: the Caninae, and the extinct Borophaginae and Hesperocyoninae. [5]

  3. List of canids - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_canids

    Canidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, which includes domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, foxes, jackals, dingoes, and many other extant and extinct dog-like mammals. A member of this family is called a canid; all extant species are a part of a single subfamily, Caninae, and are called canines. They are found on all continents ...

  4. Canis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canis

    Canis is a genus of the Canidae family, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, and jackals.

  5. Taxonomic rank - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonomic_rank

    Their close relatives are all in the family Canidae, which includes dogs, wolves, jackals, and all foxes; the next higher major taxon, Carnivora (considered an order), includes caniforms (bears, seals, weasels, skunks, raccoons and all those mentioned above), and feliforms (cats, civets, hyenas, mongooses).

  6. Caniformia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caniformia

    Caniformia consists of nine extant families, with three extinct families also recognized. The extant families are monophyletic according to phylogenetic molecular analysis. [8] Terrestrial caniforms in the wild are found on all continents with the exception of Antarctica, while pinnipeds are distributed throughout the world's oceans.

  7. Borophaginae - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borophaginae

    A phylogenetic analysis of the species was conducted using cladistic methods, with Hesperocyoninae as an archaic group of canids, as the outgroup. Aside from some transitional forms, Borophaginae can be organized into four major clades: Phlaocyonini , Cynarctina , Aelurodontina , and Borophagina (all erected as new tribes or subtribes).

  8. Carnivora - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnivora

    Carnivora is an order of mammals that includes a wide range of carnivorous species, such as lions, tigers, and bears.

  9. List of carnivorans - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_carnivorans

    Various carnivorans, with feliforms to the left, and caniforms to the right. Carnivora is an order of placental mammals that have specialized in primarily eating flesh. Members of this order are called carnivorans, or colloquially carnivores, though the term more properly refers to any meat-eating organisms, and some carnivoran species are omnivores or herbivores.