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Canids
Canidae
The biological family Canidae /ˈkænɪdiː/ (from Latin, canis, “dog”) is a lineage of carnivorans that 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 (/ˈkænɪd/, /ˈkeɪnɪd/).
15 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 39 known species
Wolves and Dogs
genusCanis
Typical Foxes
genusVulpes
Gray Foxes
genusUrocyon
South American Foxes
genusLycalopex
African Jackals
genusLupulella
Crab Eating Foxes
genusCerdocyon
Raccoon Dogs
genusNyctereutes
African wild dogs
genusLycaon
Bat-eared foxes
genusOtocyon
Maned Wolves
genusChrysocyon
Dholes
genusCuon
Bush Dogs
genusSpeothos
Short-eared Dog
genusAtelocynus
Dire Wolves
genusAenocyon
Warrahs
genusDusicyon
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Canidae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 42043.