Canidae

Do you know that relationships between dogs and humans has changed over time? Dogs have been around for centuries. The relationship between dogs and humans has changed over time because dogs have alternated and they have become pets. Also, do you know that these friendly little dogs that we are defining puppies used to be gargantuan, rapacious dogs that were similar to wolves? My first response to that was, ''Really...Wait how?'' It is really hard to believe but it is true. Wolves…

Arctic Wolf The Arctic wolf lives in the Arctic regions of North America and Greenland. mainly inhabit Northern Canada and Alaska, parts of Greenland ,Iceland and Northern Europe. they are found in the most northern parts of the wolf's range, in the Arctic Circle. the arctic wolf is a carnivore. they will hunt down larger animals such as caribou ad muskoxen in packs. they will take smaller prey such as arctic hares, lemmings etc. alone. the arctic wolf eats Musk oxen, Peary caribou, Arctic foxes…

Have you ever realized that your dog's ancestor was a wolf? People in the past used not to have dogs. There was not even a species called dogs! How did dogs even become man's best friend? Our relationships have changed over time. The dogs had to become domesticated, and it is rather weird how they ended up a new species! Most scientists believe that wolves would eat the human's scraps that they would leave outside. So, as a result, they had a given birth to many puppies. Then, this skill was…

Did you know that dogs used to be wolves? The relationships between dogs and humans have changed over time because humans have cared for them. Humans have fed them when they went hunting. Humans also changed how wolves used to look like. People have also accepted dogs as their pets. Everyone that has a dog loves them and wants to care for them. Over all, dogs are very loving pets and almost everyone has one. Humans have also changed the ways that dogs used to look like. Dogs used to be…

”Wolves are having an identity crisis. A new genetic analysis suggests that red wolves and eastern wolves aren’t true “species.” Instead, they seem to be blends of two other species, gray wolves and coyotes.” the article starts off commenting on the fact the the groups Red wolves and Eastern wolves aren't a “species” anymore.but then states “Red wolves and eastern wolves look similar to gray wolves but are often treated as different species. Eastern wolves live in the Great Lakes region, where…

Within living organisms, the main objective for most seems to be survival, but there are many ways to achieve this. While some animals may choose to work alone, other, cleverer animals, have decided to work together as teams instead of individuals. Through this method, many new opportunities are opened for these animals that were not opened before. New types of hunting and gathering styles are now possible that would be dangerous or impossible for single individuals. Faster methods of…

The anatomy of dogs, when compared to their wolf ancestors, share many similarities and differences. Scientists have been able to “compare skull and teeth to modern wolves and dogs to prove its origin” (Terlach 2016). By utilizing the study of the shapes of teeth and skulls from wolves, scientists were able to relate how drastically dogs has evolved and distanced themselves from wolves. However, researchers have a difficult time determining the characteristics of dog evolution immediately when…

My animal is a gray headed flying fox. It is a bat but is called a grey headed flying fox because, it looks like a fox with a gray head and it can fly. It is found along Australia's east coast from Rockhampton, Queensland in the north to Melbourne, Victoria in the south. It is called a megabat or (Megachiroptera) they are mammals which means animals that feed their young on milk. They like to “camp out” in trees, eucalypt forests and rainforests. Or in sclerophyll vegetation usually near water…

and coyotes all fall into one particular family, Canidae. The classification of Canidae starts in domain Eukarya, kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Carnivora, then family Canidae. The history of Canidae was said to begin from class Prohesperocyon, around 40…

heterotrophic, eukaryotic, and mobile. In the Classification hierarchy of the red fox, Phylum Chordata comes after Kingdom Animalia. Chordata means that the organism has a backbone. After Phylum is Class Mammalia, then Order Carnivora, and then Family Canidae, which includes coyotes, dogs, foxes, jackals, and wolves. After Family, there is the Genus Vulpes, and lastly species vulpes. The species name shows the specific type of the animal. The Genus species name…