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| Kingdom |
Animalia (all animals) |
| Phylum |
Chordata (animals with notochords) |
| Subphylum |
Vertebrata (animals with a skeleton of bone or cartilage) |
| Class |
Mammalia (mammals) |
| Subclass |
Eutheria (placental mammals) |
| Order |
Carnivora (carnivores) |
| Family |
Canidae (dog family) |
| Genus |
Canis (dogs) |
| Species |
lupus (gray wolves)
rufus (red wolves)
simensis (Abyssinian or Ethiopian wolf, which some
scientists
think is a jackal)
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| Other Canid Species |
latrans (coyote)
aureus (golden jackal)
mesomelas (black-backed jackal)
adustus (side-striped jackal)
dingo (dingo)
familiaris (domestic dog)
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