Taxon profile

family

dogs and allies
Canidae Fischer von Waldheim, 1817

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates » class Mammalia - mammals » order Carnivora - carnivores » superfamily Canoidea

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Canis mesomelas - Black-backed Jackal

Author: Jiří Berkovec

Alopex lagopus pribilofensis - Pribilof Island Arctic Fox

Author: Hinke/Sacilotto

Vulpes vulpes alascensis - Northern Alaskan fox

Author: Haggblom, Lisa

Canidae in BioLib

Functions restricted to taxon Canidae

Intertaxon relationships

parasite: Linguatula serrata Frölich, 1789 - Tongueworm, Dipylidium caninum (Linnaeus, 1758), Trichuris vulpis (Froelich, 1789), Toxascaris leonina (von Linstow, 1902), Dirofilaria immitis (Leidy, 1856)

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Included taxa

Number of records: 2

subfamily Caninae Fischer von Waldheim, 1817

Fossil taxa

subfamily Borophaginae Simpson, 1945 ^†

Links and literature

The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [104585]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [http://www.irmng.org] [as Canidae Fischer, 1817]
Data retrieved on: 4 April 2020

Australian Faunal Directory [db861aa2-93b8-40b1-8868-4a0a41d51414]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Canidae]
Data retrieved on: 8 February 2015

Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Canidae]

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