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Canoidea Author, 3000 “translation of the latin”







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Common Names


Canoids.

 

Latin Synonyms


Cynoidea Flower, 1869

 

Linnaean Rank


Infraorder

 

Ancestral Phylogeny and Taxonomy


 

Carnivora Viverravidae
"†Miacidae"
Caniformia Amphicyonidae
Canoidea
Arctoidea Ursoidea
Pinnipedia
Mustelidae
Mephitidae
Procyonidae
Ailuridae
Feliformia Nimravidae
Stenoplesictidae
Percrocutidae
Nandiniidae
Feloidea

 

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

 

Descendant Phylogeny and Taxonomy


 

Canoidea Procynodictis
Canidae Prohesperocyon
Hesperocyon Hesperocyoninae
Borphaginae
Caninae

 

Explanation of phylogenetic trees

 

Canoidea contains one family, Canidae. 

 

Morphology


 

 

Distribution


 

 

Ecology


 

 

Ethology


 

 

Evolution


 

 

Development


 

 

Ethnobiology


One species of canoid, the domestic dog, is of particular importance for its establishment of a partnership with humans.

 

Population


 

 

Notes and Comments


 

 

References


Literature

 

 

Information on the Internet

 

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