CANIDAE.-TheDog-family, including the Dog, Wolf, Fox, Jackal, etc.
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A very full history is given by De Blainville in his 'Osteographie, Canidae.')
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Social animals are the most easily subjugated by man, and several species of Canidae hunt in packs.
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De Blainville ('Osteographie, Canidae' page 137) has also seen an extra molar on both sides.
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When compared with all known members of the family of Canidae they betray a distinct and abnormal origin.
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De Blainville 'Osteographie, Canidae' page 134.
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Among mammals, we see it strikingly displayed in Bats, and in a lesser degree in the Felidae and Canidae.
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Canidae.-Thejackal (C. aureus, Eur., Ind., Eth.)
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The fox belongs to the great order of flesh-eating animals called Carnivora, and of the family called Canidae, or dogs.
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Quoted by De Blainville in his 'Osteographie, Canidae' pages 79, 98.)
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De Blainville 'Osteographie, Canidae.
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The belief that our dogs are descended from wolves, jackals, South American Canidae, and other species, suggests a far more important difficulty.
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"On the Cranial and Dental Characters of the Canidae" "Proceedings of the Zoological Society" (1880) 238-288.
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That the sterility is very slight between certain dogs and wolves and other Canidae is shown by savages taking the trouble to cross them.
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'Osteographie, Canidae' page 137.)
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- 2 branches - Branch I, Placentals, from which branch off Rodents, Insectivora, a branch terminating in Ruminants and Pachyderms, Canidae and terminates in Quadrumana.