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Dog
Canis lupus familiaris
Scientific Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Canidae
- Genus
- Canis
- Species
- C. lupus familiaris
Ecology
Habitat: Human settlements worldwide
Diet: Omnivore
Behaviour: Domesticated and highly social with humans.
Conservation: Domesticated (not evaluated)
About & Interesting Facts
The domestic dog is a domesticated subspecies of the grey wolf.
- Free-ranging dogs frequently appear in camera-trap datasets.
- Olfaction is far more acute than in humans.