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This article is about the domestic dog. For other uses, see Dog
(disambiguation).
Domestic dog
Fossil range: Late Pleistocene =96 Recent
A Labrador Retriever
Conservation status
Domesticated
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species: C. lupus
Subspecies: C. l. familiaris
Trinomial name
Canis lupus familiaris
(Linnaeus, 1758)
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The dog (Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated subspecies of the
wolf, a mammal of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. The term
encomp***** both feral and pet varieties and is also sometimes used to
describe wild canids of other subspecies or species. The domestic dog
has been one of the most widely kept working and companion animals in
human history, as well as being a food source in some cultures. There
are estimated to be 400 million dogs in the world.[1]
The dog has developed into hundreds of varied breeds. Height measured
to the withers ranges from a few inches in the Chihuahua to a few feet
in the Irish Wolfhound; color varies from white through grays (usually
called blue) to black, and browns from light (tan) to dark ("red" or
"chocolate") in a wide variation of patterns; and, coats can be very
short to many centimeters long, from coarse hair to something akin to
wool, straight or curly, or smooth.[2]
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