Canidae

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Related to Caninae: Ferae, Caniformia

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Canidae - dogs; wolves; jackals; foxes

family Canidae

mammal family - a family of mammals

Carnivora, order Carnivora - cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia

canid, canine - any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles

Canis, genus Canis - type genus of the Canidae: domestic and wild dogs; wolves; jackals

wild dog - any of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolves

Cuon, Cyon, genus Cuon, genus Cyon - Asiatic wild dog

Dusicyon, genus Dusicyon - crab-eating dog

genus Nyctereutes, Nyctereutes - raccoon dogs

genus Lycaeon, Lycaeon - African hunting dog

genus Vulpes, Vulpes - foxes

Alopex, genus Alopex - arctic foxes

genus Urocyon, Urocyon - grey foxes

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