Canis

See also: canis and canís

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin canis (“dog”).

Proper noun

Canis m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Canidae – dogs, wolves, jackals, etc.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – supercohort; Eutheria – infraclass; Carnivora – order; Caniformia – suborder; Canidae – family; Caninae – subfamily; Canini – tribe; Canina – subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Canis lupus (wolf, dog, dingo) – type species; Canis aureus (golden jackal, Eurasian golden jackal), Canis familiaris (=Canis lupus familiaris?) , Canis himalayensis (=Canis lupus chanco?), Canis latrans (coyote), Canis lupaster (African golden wolf), Canis lycaon (eastern wolf), Canis rufus (red wolf), Canis simensis (Ethiopean wolf) – other extant species
  • Canis adustus (=Lupulella adusta, side-striped jackal), Canis mesomelas (=Lupulella mesomelas, black-backed jackal), †Canis ferox (=†Eucyon ferox), †Canis dirus (=†Aenocyon dirus, dire wolf) – species moved to other genera
  • †Xenocyon – extinct subgenus; see Xenocyon on WikipediaWikipedia for species
  • †Canis adoxus, †Canis borjgali, †Canis chihliensis, †Canis edwardii, †Canis etruscus, †Canis lepophagus, †Canis mosbachensis, †Canis palmidens, †Canis variabilis, †Canis ursinus (=†Plithocyon ursinus?) – unplaced extinct species

Related terms

• Canis Major
• Canis Majoris
• Canis Minor
• Canis Minoris
• CMa
• CMi

Translations

taxonomic genus

Japanese: イヌ属 (inuzoku), 犬属 (inuzoku)

References

• Canis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Canis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Canis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Canis in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
• Canis at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Canis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Canis at Paleobiology Database

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈka.nɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.nis]

Proper noun

Canis m sg (genitive Canis); third declension

1. a river in Arabia, mentioned by Pliny

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Canis
genitive	Canis
dative	Canī
accusative	Canem
ablative	Cane
vocative	Canis

References

• “Canis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.