Canis

mammal genus

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dog ancestry

  • Labradoodle
    In dog: Ancestry

    …descended directly from wolves (Canis) and that the now-extinct wolf lineages that produced dogs branched off from the line that produced modern living wolves sometime between 27,000 and 40,000 years ago. The timing and location of dog domestication is a matter of debate. There is strong genetic evidence, however,…

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