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The success of these canids was related to the development of lower carnassials that were capable of both mastication and shearing. [11] Around 5 million years ago, some of the Old World Eucyon evolved into the first members of Canis , [ 13 ] In the Pliocene , around 4–5 Mya, Canis lepophagus appeared in North America.
10 of the 13 extant canid genera left-to-right, top-to-bottom: Canis, Cuon, Lycaon, Cerdocyon, Chrysocyon, Speothos, Vulpes, Nyctereutes, Otocyon, and Urocyon 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.
Musical canine freestyle: Dogs and humans perform freestyle dance to music [11] Obedience trial: Dogs execute predefined tasks [12] Rally obedience: Dogs execute tasks without commands from judges and while receiving encouragement [13] Schutzhund: Dogs compete in tracking, obedience, and protection skills [14]
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A study of the estimated bite force at the canine teeth of a large sample of living and fossil mammalian predators, when adjusted for their body mass, found that for placental mammals the bite force at the canines (in Newtons/kilogram of body weight) was greatest in the extinct dire wolf (163), followed among the modern canids by the four ...
The girls' canine companion; about the misadventures of the family staff of The Shady Rest Hotel and their neighbor. Dog Basset Hound: Columbo: Columbo's dog; about an unkempt but clever police detective. Doug Chihuahua: The Sarah Silverman Program
The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), also called painted dog and Cape hunting dog, is a wild canine native to sub-Saharan Africa.It is the largest wild canine in Africa, and the only extant member of the genus Lycaon, which is distinguished from Canis by dentition highly specialised for a hypercarnivorous diet and by a lack of dewclaws.
The dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of the gray wolf.Also called the domestic dog, it was selectively bred from an extinct population of wolves during the Late Pleistocene by hunter-gatherers.