Vulpes lagopus - blue fox, ice fox, polar fox, white fox, Arctic fox.

Vulpes ferrilata - Tibetan fox, Tibetan sand fox.

Urocyon littoralis - island fox, island gray fox, Channel Islands gray fox.

Urocyon cinereoargenteus - gray fox, common gray fox.

Otocyon megalotis - bat-eared fox, big-eared fox.

Lycaon pictus - African hunting dog, African wild dog.

Lycalopex griseus - South American gray fox.

Dusicyon australis - Falkland Island wolf, Falkland Islands wolf.

Chrysocyon brachyurus - maned wolf Cuon alpinus - dhole, Indian dhole, Asiatic wild dog, red dog.

Canis simensis - simian jackal, simian fox, Ethiopian wolf.

Canis lupus - wolf, gray wolf (Subspecies: Canis lupus familiaris - domestic dog).

Atelocynus microtis - short-eared dog, small-eared dog, small-eared zorro.

Kingdom: Animalia Subkingdom: Bilateria Infrakingdom: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclass: Tetrapoda Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Carnivora Suborder: Caniformia Family: Canidae Genera & species: The taxonomy of dogs, according to ITIS, is: (Image credit: nattanan726 Shutterstock) Classification/Taxonomy The fennec fox is the smallest member of the Canidae family. The Biological Sciences Department of Smith College reports that there is a correlation between the weight of a canid and reproduction the larger the female, the larger the litter size. For example, gray foxes (genus Urocyon) have only one to seven young per year, according to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Domestic dogs can have as many as 15 young, called pups, at the same time. Canids typically have many babies at once. OffspringДЄll members of the Canidae family have live births after a gestation period of 45 to 55 days. According to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, these teeth are used to crush vegetation such as fruits and grasses. Jackals eat smaller fare such as rodents, young gazelle, rabbits and monkeys.Дogs also have well-developed carnassial molars, upper and lower teeth that are paired and have flat edges that allow self-sharpening when they pass by each other. Wolves, for example, eat deer, domestic livestock, caribou, beaver, moose and hares. They have non-retractable claws, long legs for speed and teeth that are sharp, pointed and perfect for tearing at meat.

Though dogs are omnivores, they eat mostly meat and are born killers. 'Domestic dogs have a unique history - they have lived alongside humans for 30,000 years, and during that time, selection pressures seem to have acted on dogs' ability to communicate with us.' Diet 'The findings appear to support evidence dogs are sensitive to humans' attention and that expressions are potentially active attempts to communicate, not simple emotional displays,' lead study author Juliane Kaminski, a senior lecturer in psychology and leader of the Dog Cognition Centre at the University of Portsmouth in England, said in a statement. Дomestic dogs are also very expressive in their facial expressions, particularly when they are getting attention from humans, according to a 2017 study published in the journal Scientific Reports. This is most likely due to the fact that dogs have evolved from creatures that hunted during dusk and dawn, which doesn't require color vision. 'If you are planning to train your dog to fetch a ball that fell on the green grass of your garden, think of using a blue, and not red, ball,' said study lead researcher Marcello Siniscalchi, a professor in the department of veterinary medicine at the University of Bari, in Italy. They are actually red-green colorblind, according to a small 2017 Italian study on 16 dogs. It is a myth that domesticated dogs only see black and white. Dogs also yelp, whine, bark and growl to communicate. They are actually howling at each other as a form of communication. Wolves, foxes and other dogs don't howl at the moon. Males and females mate for life, which is very rare for mammals. Jackals are a little less social and usually travel in pairs, according to the African Wildlife Foundation.

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