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Taxon: Family
Canidae
(Fischer de Waldheim, 1817) Gray, 1821
- dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, and foxes
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Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Deuterostomia - deuterostomes
............................Phylum Chordata - chordates
..............................Subphylum Vertebrata - vertebrates
................................Infraphylum Gnathostomata - jawed vertebrates
..................................Superclass Tetrapoda - tetrapods
....................................Reptiliomorpha
......................................Batrachosauria
........................................Amniota
..........................................Synapsida
............................................Therapsida
..............................................Theriodontia
................................................Eutheriodontia
..................................................Cynodontia
....................................................Eucynodontia
......................................................Mammaliamorpha
........................................................Mammaliaformes
..........................................................Holotheria
............................................................Class Mammalia - mammals
..............................................................Theriimorpha
................................................................Theriiformes
..................................................................Trechnotheria
....................................................................Cladotheria
......................................................................Zatheria
........................................................................Subclass Boreosphenida
..........................................................................Theria
............................................................................Infraclass Eutheria
..............................................................................Cohort Placentalia - placentals
................................................................................Magnorder Boreoeutheria
..................................................................................Grandorder Laurasiatheria
....................................................................................Scrotifera
......................................................................................Fereuungulata
........................................................................................Superorder Ferae
..........................................................................................Order Carnivora - carnivores
............................................................................................Suborder Caniformia
..............................................................................................Infraorder Cynoidea
................................................................................................Family Canidae - dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, and foxes
..................................................................................................Genus †Procynodictis
..................................................................................................Genus †Prohesperocyon
..................................................................................................Subfamily †Borophaginae
..................................................................................................Subfamily Caninae
..................................................................................................Subfamily †Hesperocyoninae
..................................................................................................»Genus Atelocynus - small-eared dog, short-eared dog
..................................................................................................»Genus Canis - dogs, wolves, coyotes, and jackals
..................................................................................................»Genus Cerdocyon - crab-eating fox
..................................................................................................»Genus Chrysocyon - maned wolf
..................................................................................................»Genus Cuon - dhole
..................................................................................................»Genus ‡Dusicyon - Falkland Island wolf
..................................................................................................»Genus Lycaon - African hunting dog
..................................................................................................»Genus Nyctereutes - raccoon dog
..................................................................................................»Genus Otocyon - bat-eared fox
..................................................................................................»Genus Pseudalopex - South American foxes
..................................................................................................»Genus Speothos - bush dog
..................................................................................................»Genus Urocyon - grey foxes
..................................................................................................»Genus Vulpes - foxes
..................................................................................................(Genus †Nothocyon)
..................................................................................................(Genus †Tephrocyon)
..................................................................................................(Subfamily Lycaoninae)
..................................................................................................(Subfamily Otocyoninae)
..................................................................................................(Subfamily Simnocyoninae)
..................................................................................................»(Genus Alopex) - arctic fox
..................................................................................................»(Genus Fennecus) - fennec fox
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012