1
A very full history is given by De Blainville in his 'Osteographie, Canidae.')
2
Social animals are the most easily subjugated by man, and several species of Canidae hunt in packs.
3
De Blainville ('Osteographie, Canidae' page 137) has also seen an extra molar on both sides.
4
When compared with all known members of the family of Canidae they betray a distinct and abnormal origin.
5
De Blainville 'Osteographie, Canidae' page 134.
6
Among mammals, we see it strikingly displayed in Bats, and in a lesser degree in the Felidae and Canidae.
7
The fox belongs to the great order of flesh-eating animals called Carnivora, and of the family called Canidae, or dogs.
8
Quoted by De Blainville in his 'Osteographie, Canidae' pages 79, 98.)
9
De Blainville 'Osteographie, Canidae.
10
The belief that our dogs are descended from wolves, jackals, South American Canidae, and other species, suggests a far more important difficulty.
11
That the sterility is very slight between certain dogs and wolves and other Canidae is shown by savages taking the trouble to cross them.
12
CANIDAE.-TheDog-family, including the Dog, Wolf, Fox, Jackal, etc.
13
Canidae.-Thejackal (C. aureus, Eur., Ind., Eth.)
14
"On the Cranial and Dental Characters of the Canidae" "Proceedings of the Zoological Society" (1880) 238-288.
15
'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.