CANIDAE
Canidae
The Canidae are the biological family of carnivorous and omnivorous mammals that includes domestic dogs, wolves, foxes, jackals, coyotes, and many other lesser known extant and extinct dog-like mammals. A member of this family is called a canid . The Canidae family is divided into two tribes: Canini and Vulpini . The two species of the basal Caninae are more primitive and do not fit into either tribe.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Canidae
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