Canidae

Review, identify, and describe anatomical plane terminology. Figure 1.2 Superior- Higher Inferior- Lower Distal- Further away from the midline Proximal- Closer to the midline Posterior (dorsal)- Back Anterior (ventral)- Front Medial- towards the mid line Lateral- Away from the midline The dog is inferior to the girl. The dog’s posterior is anterior to the girl. The dogs leash is superior to his collar. The girl left leg is distal to her right leg. Her left arm is distal from her body holding…

Specific purpose: To explain the domestication and selective breeding of the diverse list of dog breeds from the ancestor of the modern day wolf. Central Idea: Information about the origin of the domesticated dog. Introduction I. Have you ever wondered where the long, diverse list of beautiful dog breeds came from? II. Well today I’m going to explain how the interaction with early humans and their haphazard discovery of domestication has led from the predecessor of the modern day wolf to the…

Introduction The common name of the Vulpes vulpes is the red fox. The red fox has a relatively long body with dense fur. The fur is typically a rusty red color and the legs are darker in color, sometimes even black. Foxes have black pointed ears and long canine teeth. On their underside, the fur is white from their nose down to their belly, orangish-red fur on its back, sides, and head. Red foxes have white fur under their neck and on their chest. A male fox, also called a “dog” weighs…

Found in the wilderness of North America, the grey wolf, Canis lupus, is the largest canid. With most of its habitat covered by snow, ranging from the tundra, woodlands and mountains, the grey wolf has a thick coat of fur comprised of two layers. They have large paws with webbed toes that enable them to walk and travel through the snow. Wolves are social animals, with special glands and long tails to allow them to communicate with each other through both short and long distances, as well as to…

Have you ever wondered when dogs started being by our sides? They have been by our sides for thousands of years ago. Dogs have changed a lot over the years. They changed from wolves to a man's best friend. The relationship between dogs and humans has changed over time because wolves became dogs and dogs became pets. A long time ago dogs had been wolves and they were ferocious. They were human and animal killers. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, humans regarded wolves wary of…

Mile’s CEPA Project (Tlingit Tribe) My project was a totem pole from the tribes of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States; specifically the Tlingit. It took me 2-3 hours to make it. (I also got some help from my mom too). All of the materials came from my mom, too. There are three animals on my totem pole. They are a bear, wolf, and eagle. The bear represents strength and courage, as these were two things needed to live the hard life of a Native American. The wolf represents…

Born with one eye blue and one eye brown, the mixed blood Husky howled at the moon. Raven landed on a branch nearby to listen, as Husky’s continued his sad song to the moon. Raven asks the Husky why he was so sad, so he recited the tale that he must choose to live with a pack of huskies or join his grandfather’s wolf pack. While regaling the tale to Raven, a few other creatures had stopped to listen. Each creature had their own tale of woe or choice, except Racoon. Racoon spoke quietly as they…

The Red Fox is known for its fur color and long, bushy tail. The population of the Red Fox for pre-breeding is estimated at around 240,000 individuals. A large number of foxes are killed per unit area by gamekeepers and has increased steadily since the early 1960s in Britain, although they are wildey hunted it does not affect their population status. Some of physical Characteristics of the Red Fox is they have a coat of long guard hairs and soft fine underfur that is typically a rich reddish…

Ecology Essay Dogs came from wolves by invading into dogs.The dog change from the wolves are the ears,tail.nose and the eating type.The dogs eat dog food and kind of meat but not human meat because they are more invading then the wolves.And the wolves food is everything meat especially humans meat. The dog’s are not organism but if you release them to the wild they go crazy.They eat meat and dog food.There rlashmantion with adoer species is good and bad sometimes.Like a cat sometimes dogs chase…

The dire wolf, or Canis dirus, is a wolf that lived during the Pleistocene Epoch (2.6 million to 11,700 years ago) and became extinct between 10,000 to 16,000 years ago during the ice age. It was native to North America and thousands of Dire Wolf skeletons were found and stored in La Brea tar pits in southern California, where it is believed to be the most common mammal in the area. Remains of the Dire wolf have also been found across a broad range of habitats in North America, which include the…