Canidae

Canidae is a family of carnivorous and omnivorous mammals of the order Carnivora.

Canids Temporal range: Palaeogene - Recent
Coyote (Canis latrans)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Caniformia
Family:	Canidae G. Fischer de Waldheim, 1817

Animals that belong to the family Canidae are canids. The family Canidae is divided into two tribes: Vulpini ("foxes"), and Canini ("dogs"). Vulpini (foxes) are "vulpines". Canini (wolves, dogs, coyotes and others) are "canines". Dogs are essentially pack animals which hunt their prey in a group. Foxes generally hunt separately.

Examples of canids are dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes, and jackals.

Taxonomy

• Tribe Vulpini, foxes
  • Genus Vulpes
    • Indian fox, Vulpes bengalensis
    • Blanford's fox, Vulpes cana
    • Cape fox, Vulpes chama
    • Corsac fox, Vulpes corsac
    • Tibetan fox, Vulpes ferrilata
    • Pale fox, Vulpes pallida
    • Rüppell's fox, Vulpes rueppelli
    • Swift fox, Vulpes velox
    • Kit fox, Vulpes macrotis
    • Red fox, Vulpes vulpes
    • Fennec, Vulpes zerda
  • Genus Alopex
    • Arctic fox, Alopex lagopus
  • Genus Urocyon
    • Gray fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus
    • Island fox, Urocyon littoralis
  • Genus Otocyon
    • Bat-eared fox, Otocyon megalotis
• Tribe Canini, Dogs
  • Genus Dusicyon
    • Falkland Island fox, Dusicyon australis†
  • Genus Pseudalopex
    • Culpeo, Pseudalopex culpaeus
    • South American grey fox, Pseudalopex griseus
    • Darwin's fox, Pseudalopex fulvipes
    • Pampas fox, Pseudalopex gymnocercus
    • Sechura fox, Pseudalopex sechurae
    • Hoary fox, Pseudalopex vetulus
  • Genus Atelocynus
    • Short-eared dog, Atelocynus microtis
  • Genus Cerdocyon
    • Crab-eating fox, Cerdocyon thous
  • Genus Speothos
    • Bush dog, Speothos venaticus
  • Genus Chrysocyon
    • Maned wolf, Chrysocyon brachyurus
  • Genus Nyctereutes
    • Raccoon Dog (Tanuki), Nyctereutes procyonoides
  • Genus Cuon
    • Dhole, Cuon alpinus
  • Genus Lycaon
    • African wild dog, Lycaon pictus
  • Genus Canis
    • Grey wolf, Canis lupus
      • domestic dogs, Canis lupus familiaris
    • Red wolf, Canis rufus
    • Coyote, Canis latrans
    • Golden jackal, Canis aureus
    • Black-backed jackal, Canis mesomelas
    • Side-striped jackal, Canis adustus
    • Ethiopian wolf, Canis simensis
    • Eastern wolf, Canis lycaon

Gallery

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  Coyote

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  Dog (Labrador Retriever)

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  Jackals

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  Raccoon dog (tanuki)

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  Red Fox

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  Wolf

Canidae Media

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  Ailurus fulgens - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam -(white background)

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  Miacis restoration based on Genetta servalina, with limbs modified to resemble Procyon

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  Cynodictis (white background)

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  Dhole illustration remodeled as Aelurodon (shortened muzzle, increased jaw, added dewclaw on hind foot)

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  Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes (Plate X)

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  Representatives of three canid subfamilies: Hesperocyon (Hesperocyoninae), Aelurodon (Borophaginae) and Canis aureus (Caninae)

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  Dholes attacking a sambar, Bandipur National Park

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  Sri Lankan jackals grooming each other

• Red foxes barking in Pinbury Park, Gloucestershire, England.

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  Traditional English fox hunt

Other websites

• canids.org