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This Article Is About The Domestic Dog

This document provides an overview of the domestic dog. It begins by classifying the domestic dog scientifically and noting its temporal range from 0.033 to 0 Ma. It then discusses how recent studies have tentatively dated the domestication of dogs from 16,000 to over 14,000 years ago. Dogs became ubiquitous worldwide as they provided value to early human hunter-gatherers as hunting and herding companions.
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This Article Is About The Domestic Dog

This document provides an overview of the domestic dog. It begins by classifying the domestic dog scientifically and noting its temporal range from 0.033 to 0 Ma. It then discusses how recent studies have tentatively dated the domestication of dogs from 16,000 to over 14,000 years ago. Dogs became ubiquitous worldwide as they provided value to early human hunter-gatherers as hunting and herding companions.
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This article is about the domestic dog. For related species known as "dogs", see Canidae.

For other uses, see Dog (disambiguation).


Domestic dog
Temporal range: 0.0330Ma
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Scienti$ic classi$ication
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
!ecies: C. lupus
ubs!ecies: C. l. familiaris
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Trinomial name
Canis lupus familiaris
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S%non%ms
!ecies synonymy
aegyptius &innaeus' #()*
alco C+ ,+ -+ mith' #*./
americanus Gmelin' #(/%
anglicus Gmelin' #(/%
antarcticus Gmelin' #(/%
aprinus Gmelin' #(/%
aquaticus &innaeus' #()*
aquatilis Gmelin' #(/%
aicularis Gmelin' #(/%
borealis C+ ,+ -+ mith' #*./
breipilis Gmelin' #(/%
cursorius Gmelin' #(/%
domesticus &innaeus' #()*
e!trarius Gmelin' #(/%
"erus C+ ,+ -+ mith' #*./
"ricator Gmelin' #(/%
"ricatri! &innaeus' #()*
"uillus Gmelin' #(/%
gallicus Gmelin' #(/%
glaucus C+ ,+ -+ mith' #*./
graius &innaeus' #()*
gra#us Gmelin' #(/%
hagenbecki Krumbiegel' #/)0
haitensis C+ ,+ -+ mith' #*./
hibernicus Gmelin' #(/%
hirsutus Gmelin' #(/%
hybridus Gmelin' #(/%
islandicus Gmelin' #(/%
italicus Gmelin' #(/%
laniarius Gmelin' #(/%
leoninus Gmelin' #(/%
leporarius C+ ,+ -+ mith' #*./
ma#or Gmelin' #(/%
mastinus &innaeus' #()*
melitacus Gmelin' #(/%
melitaeus &innaeus' #()*
minor Gmelin' #(/%
molossus Gmelin' #(/%
mustelinus &innaeus' #()*
obesus Gmelin' #(/%
orientalis Gmelin' #(/%
paci"icus C+ ,+ -+ mith' #*./
plancus Gmelin' #(/%
pomeranus Gmelin' #(/%
sagaces C+ ,+ -+ mith' #*./
sanguinarius C+ ,+ -+ mith'
#*./
saga! &innaeus' #()*
scoticus Gmelin' #(/%
sibiricus Gmelin' #(/%
suillus C+ ,+ -+ mith' #*./
terraenoae C+ ,+ -+ mith'
#*./
terrarius C+ ,+ -+ mith' #*./
turcicus Gmelin' #(/%
urcani C+ ,+ -+ mith' #*./
ariegatus Gmelin' #(/%
enaticus Gmelin' #(/%
ertegus Gmelin' #(/%
1he domestic dog 2Canis lupus "amiliaris'
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or Canis "amiliaris3 is a member of the
Canidae family of the mammalian order Carnivora+ 1he term 4domestic dog4 is generally
used for both domesticated and feral varieties+ 1he dog 5as the first domesticated animal
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and has been the most 5idely 7e!t 5or7ing' hunting' and !et animal in human history+
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1he 5ord 4dog4 can also refer to the male of a canine s!ecies'
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as o!!osed to the 5ord
4bitch4 5hich refers to the female of the s!ecies+
9ecent studies of 45ell:!reserved remains of a dog:li7e canid from the 9a;boinichya Cave4
in the Altai Mountains of southern iberia concluded that a !articular instance of early 5olf
domestication a!!ro<imately ..'000 years ago did not result in modern dog lineages'
!ossibly because of climate disru!tion during the &ast Glacial Ma<imum+
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1he authors
!ostulate that at least several such inci!ient events have occurred+ A study of fossil dogs and
5olves in =elgium' >7raine' and 9ussia tentatively dates domestication from #6'000 years
ago to more than .#'(00 years ago+
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Another recent study has found su!!ort for claims of
dog domestication bet5een #6'000 and #8'000 years ago' 5ith a range bet5een /'000 and
.6'000 years ago' de!ending on mutation rate assum!tions+
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Dogs? value to early human
hunter:gatherers led to them @uic7ly becoming ubi@uitous across 5orld cultures+ Dogs
!erform many roles for !eo!le' such as hunting' herding' !ulling loads' !rotection' assisting
!olice and military' com!anionshi!' and' more recently' aiding handica!!ed individuals+ 1his
im!act on human society has given them the nic7name 4man?s best friend4 in the Aestern
5orld+ Bn some cultures' ho5ever' dogs are also a source of meat+
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Bn %00#' there 5ere
estimated to be 600 million dogs in the 5orld+
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