Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Caniformia
Familia: Canidae
Subfamilia: Caninae
Tribus: Canini - Vulpini
Overview of genera
Atelocynus - Canis - Cerdocyon - Chrysocyon - Cuon - Lupulella - Lycalopex - Lycaon - Nyctereutes - Otocyon - Speothos - Urocyon - Vulpes - †Cynotherium - †Dusicyon - †Eucyon - †Leptocyon - †Nurocyon - †Xenocyon
Name
Caninae Fischer, 1817
References
* Hartstone-Rose, A.; Werdelin, L.; Ruiter, D.J., de; Berger, L.R.; Churchill, S.E. 2010: The Plio-Pleistocene ancestor of wild dogs, Lycaon sekowei n. sp. Journal of paleontology, 84: 299-308. doi: 10.1666/09-124.1
* Tedford, R.H.; Wang, X.; Taylor, B.E. 2009: Phylogenetic systematics of the North American fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, (325) doi: 10.1206/574.1
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Caninae is the only living subfamily of the Canidae. Many extinct Caninae species were endemic to North America, living from 26.3 Ma—11,000 years ago.[5] More basal canids are placed in the extinct subfamilies Hesperocyoninae and Borophaginae.
References
1. ^ McKenna, M. C, and S. K. Bell (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press. ISBN 023111012X.
2. ^ Lyras G.A., Van der Geer A.E., Dermitzakis M., De Vos J. (2006) Cynotherium sardous, an insular canid (Mammalia: Carnivora) from the Pleistocene of Sardinia (Italy), and its origin. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 26, No. 3 pp. 735–745
3. ^ Wozencraft, W. Christopher (16 November 2005). "Order Carnivora (pp. 532-628)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=14000696.
4. ^ Sotnikova, M. (2006). "A new canid Nurocyon chonokhariensis gen. et sp. nov.(Canini, Canidae, Mammalia) from the Pliocene of Mongolia". COURIER-FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT SENCKENBERG 256: 11. http://quarter.ginras.ru/personal/sotnikova/docs/sotnikova2006b.pdf. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
5. ^ Paleobiology Database: Caninae Basic info.
