Quarta farejadora, CÃOriosidades: FAMILIA CANIDEA

Os cães, os lobos, coiotes, chacais e as raposas fazem parte dessa família, que é dividida em vários gêneros, espécies e subespécies.

Caracterizam-se por serem carnívoros e terem o dente canino bem pronunciado. Dentes molares que esmagam ossos e cauda longa.

Coloco aqui a divisão taxonômica mais atual, publicada pela Wikipedia, em inglês. Atentem para o dingo e os dois últimos cães primitivos, o cão-guaxinim e o cão-orelha de morcego africano. São bem diferentes do que conhecemos.

FAMILY CANIDAE

Subfamily Caninae

• True dogs - Tribe Canini
  • Genus Canis
    • Gray Wolf, Canis lupus (2.723 Ma to present)
      • Domestic Dog, Canis lupus familiaris
      • Dingo, most often classified as Canis lupus dingo (sometimes considered a separate taxon)
      • many other subspecies
    • Coyote, Canis latrans (also called Prairie Wolf)
    • Ethiopian Wolf, Canis simensis (also called Abyssinian Wolf, Simien Fox and Simien Jackal)
    • Golden Jackal, Canis aureus
    • Side-striped Jackal, Canis adustus
    • Black-backed Jackal, Canis mesomelas
  • Genus Cuon
    • Dhole, Cuon alpinus or Canis alpinus (also called Asian Wild Dog)
  • Genus Lycaon
    • African Wild Dog, Lycaon pictus (also called African Hunting Dog)
  • Genus Atelocynus
    • Short-eared Dog, Atelocynus microtis
  • Genus Cerdocyon
    • Crab-eating Fox, Cerdocyon thous
  • Genus Dusicyon †
    • Falklands Wolf, Dusicyon australis †
  • Genus Lycalopex (Pseudalopex)
    • Culpeo, Lycalopex culpaeus
    • Darwin's Fox, Lycalopex fulvipes
    • Argentine Grey Fox, Lycalopex griseus
    • Pampas Fox, Lycalopex gymnocercus
    • Sechura Fox, Lycalopex sechurae
    • Hoary Fox, Lycalopex vetulus
  • Genus Chrysocyon
    • Maned Wolf, Chrysocyon brachyurus
  • Genus Speothos
    • Bush Dog, Speothos venaticus

• True foxes - Tribe Vulpini
  • Genus Vulpes
    • Arctic Fox, Vulpes lagopus
    • Red Fox, Vulpes vulpes (1 Ma to present)
    • Swift Fox, Vulpes velox
    • Kit Fox, Vulpes macrotis
    • Corsac Fox, Vulpes corsac
    • Cape Fox, Vulpes chama
    • Pale Fox, Vulpes pallida
    • Bengal Fox, Vulpes bengalensis
    • Tibetan Sand Fox, Vulpes ferrilata
    • Blanford's Fox, Vulpes cana
    • Rüppell's Fox, Vulpes rueppelli
    • Fennec Fox, Vulpes zerda
  • Genus Urocyon (2 Ma to present)
    • Gray Fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus
    • Island Fox, Urocyon littoralis
    • Cozumel Fox, Urocyon sp.

• Basal Caninae
  • Genus Otocyon (probably a vulpine close to Urocyon)
    • Bat-eared Fox, Otocyon megalotis
  • Genus Nyctereutes
    • Raccoon Dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides

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