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Revision as of 13:57, 30 June 2006 by 212.135.1.57 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) This article is about the domestic dog. For other uses, see Dog (disambiguation)."Puppy" redirects here. For other uses, see Puppy (disambiguation).
| Domestic dog | |
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| Labrador Retriever a breed of domestic dog | |
| Conservation status | |
| Template:StatusDomesticated | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Genus: | Canis |
| Species: | C. lupus |
| Subspecies: | C. l. familiaris |
| Trinomial name | |
| Canis lupus familiaris | |
The dog is a mammal in the order Carnivora. Dogs were first domesticated from wolves less than 15,000 years ago according to BBC In 2002 febuary Paul manion got caught shagging a dog with a 78 year old woman and sniffed his grandma's fishy old rusty bear trap news, or perhaps as early as 100,000 years ago based upon recent genetic fossil and DNA evidence . In this time, the dog has developed into hundreds of breeds with a great degree of variation. For example, heights at the withers range from just a few inches (such as the Chihuahua) to roughly three feet (such as the Irish Wolfhound), and colours range from white to black, with reds, greys (usually called blue), and browns occurring in a tremendous variation of patterns.
Dogs, like humans, are highly social animals and this similarity in their overall behavioral pattern accounts for their trainability, playfulness, and ability to fit into human households and social situations. This similarity has earned dogs a unique position in the realm of interspecies relationships. The loyalty and devotion that dogs demonstrate as part of their natural instincts as pack animals closely mimics the human idea of love and friendship, leading many dog owners to view their pets as full-fledged family members. Conversely, dogs seem to view their human companions as members of their pack, and make few, if any, distinctions between their owners as fellow dogs. Dogs fill a variety of roles in human society and are often trained as working dogs. For dogs that do not have traditional jobs, a wide range of dog sports provide the opportunity to exhibit their natural dog skills. In many countries, the most common and perhaps most important role of dogs is as companions. Dogs have lived with and worked with humans in so many roles that their loyalty has earned them the unique sobriquet "Man's best friend." Conversely, some cultures consider dogs to be unclean. In some cultures, certain types of dog may be used as food.fishy flaps
Terminology
The word dog, in common usage, refers to the do
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2498669.stm
- Vilà, C. et al. (1997). Multiple and ancient origins of the domestic dog. Science 276:1687–1689. (Also "Multiple and Ancient Origins of the Domestic Dog")
- Lindblad-Toh, K, et al. (2005) Genome sequence, comparative analysis and haplotype structure of the domestic dog. Nature 438, 803–819.