Canina (subtribe)
Subtribe of carnivores / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Canina is a taxonomic rank which represents the wolf-like subtribe of the tribe Canini, and is sister to the subtribe Cerdocyonina. Fossils of this group date to 5 million years ago, however they are likely to have been in existence 9 million years ago.[3]: 4 Its members as a group are colloquially known as the wolf-like canids.[4][5][6]
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Canina Temporal range: Late Miocene–present (7 million years BP)[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Canidae |
Subfamily: | Caninae |
Tribe: | Canini |
Subtribe: | Canina Fischer de Waldheim, 1817[2] |
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