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Conservation action plans, papers, and Canid News, a journal with articles relevant to the biology and conservation of canid species.
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IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group This authoritative book on canids describes many aspects of the biology and conservation of wolves, dogs, jackals and foxeswith detailed case studies of many species. A must-have book for all scientists studying carnivores, predators, cooperative breeding, and social systems. A...The evolution of the genus Canis is a complex topic involving at least five continents. The genus arose in North America sometime in the Late Miocene.
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Including the dire wolf, as found in the U.S. Midwest 16,000 years ago, from the Illinois State Museum.
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ISM Midwest 16,000 years ago wolves, coyotes and dogs Illinois State Museum These three members are the dire wolf (Canis dirus the gray wolf (Canis lupus) and the coyote (Canis latrans One additional species, the domestic dog (Canis familiaris was almost certainly also present at the very end of the Pleistocene (after...Diagram of the skull of a canid.
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BIODIDAC Animalia Chordata Mammalia Canis MAMM004B.GIF Diagram of the skull of a canid (wolf, dog, coyote Diagramme du cr...Family overview and species accounts from the Animal Diversity Web.
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ADW: Canidae: Information This family is represented by 14 genera and 34 species. Canids are widely distributed, occurring on all continents except Antarctica. It is the only member of the Order Carnivora that it represented in Australia Canis familiaris dingo, the dingo; this...