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Linnaean Rank


Subfamily

 

Ancestral Phylogeny and Taxonomy


 

Canoidea Procynodictis
Canidae Prohesperocyon
Hesperocyon Hesperocyoninae
Borphaginae
Caninae

 

Explanation of phylogenetic trees

 

 

 

Lineage

Terrabiota, Cytota, Neomura, Eukaryota, Unikonta, Opisthokonta, Animalia, Metazoa, Eumetazoa, Bilateria, Deuterostomia, Cyrtotreta, Chordata, Notochordata, Vertebrata, Gnathostomata,, Teleostomi, Euteleostomi, Sarcopterygii, Tetrapodomorpha, Tetrapoda, Reptilomorpha, Cotylosauria, Amniota, Synapsida, Therapsida, Eutherapsida, Neotherapsida, Theriodontia, Cynodontia, Epicynodontia, Eucynodontia, Probainognathia, Mammaliaformes, Mammalia, Cladotheria, Zatheria, Theria, Eutheria, Placentalia, Boreoeutheria, Laurasiatheria, Ferungulata, Ferae, Carnivora, Caniformia, Canoidea, Canidae

 

Descendant Phylogeny and Taxonomy


 

Caninae   Leptocyon
Vulpini     Metalopex
Urocyon
  Protocyon
Otocyon
  Vulpes
Canini Cerdocyonina     Theriodictis
Protocyon
Dusicyon
  Pseudalopex
    Chrysocyon
    Cerdocyon
Nyctereutes
  Atelocynus
Speothos
Canina   Eucyon
    Canis
    Cynotherium
Xenocyon
  Cuon
Lycaon

 

Explanation of phylogenetic trees

 

 

 

Morphology


 

 

Distribution


 

 

Ecology


 

 

Ethology


 

 

Evolution


 

 

Development


 

 

Ethnobiology


 

 

Population


 

 

Notes and Comments


 

 

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