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Also Known As Canis lupus familiaris

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Dorothy Leib Harrison Wood Eustis
Dorothy Leib Harrison Wood Eustis
American dog breeder and trainer
George H. Whipple
George H. Whipple
American pathologist
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
shogun of Japan

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