Caninae
Subfamily of carnivores / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Caninae, known as canines (/keɪnaɪnz/),[6]: 182 are one of three subfamilies found within the canid family. The other two canid subfamilies are the extinct Borophaginae and Hesperocyoninae.[7] The Caninae includes all living canids and their most recent fossil relatives.[5] Their fossils were first found in North America and dated to the Oligocene era, then spreading to Asia at the end of the Miocene era,[6]: 122 some 7 million to 8 million years ago.[7]
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Canines | |
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Major canid clades, represented by a black-backed jackal (a wolf-like canine), a red fox (a vulpine) and a gray fox | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Canidae |
Subfamily: | Caninae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 |
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