ADW: Canidae: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Synapsida (synapsids)
        
        Class Mammalia (mammals)
        
        Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
        
        Infraclass Eutheria (placental mammals)
        
        Order Carnivora (carnivores)
        
        Suborder Caniformia (caniform carnivores)
        
        Family Canidae (coyotes, dogs, foxes, jackals, and wolves)
        
        Genus Atelocynus (short-eared dog)
        
        Genus Canis (dogs, jackals, and wolves)
        
        Genus Cerdocyon (crab-eating fox)
        
        Genus Chrysocyon (maned wolf)
        
        Genus Cuon (dhole)
        
        Genus Dusicyon (Falkland Island wolf)
        
        Genus Lycalopex (South American foxes)
        
        Genus Lycaon (African wild dog)
        
        Genus Nyctereutes (raccoon dog)
        
        Genus Otocyon (bat-eared fox)
        
        Genus Pseudalopex (South American foxes)
        
        Genus Speothos (bush dog)
        
        Genus Urocyon (gray foxes)
        
        Genus Vulpes (foxes)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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Canidaecoyotes, dogs, foxes, jackals, and wolves

Canidae
coyotes, dogs, foxes, jackals, and wolves