canid

[ kan-id, key-nid ]

noun

any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.

Origin of canid

1885–90; <New Latin Canidae, equivalent to Can(is) a genus, including the dog and wolf (Latin: dog) + -idae-id²

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Before this finding, wolves were the only canid known to fish.
Watch: This fox is the first spotted fishing for its food | Freda Kreier | October 3, 2022 | Science News For Students
The discovery makes red foxes just the second type of canid — the group that includes wolves and dogs — known to hunt fish.
Video shows the first fox known to fish for food | Freda Kreier | September 19, 2022 | Science News
The canids fare well because they face little competition for abundant prey and few dangers to their young.
How nature has taken over Chernobyl | Sara Chodosh | July 21, 2021 | Popular-Science
They’re canids, like dogs, so it would be easy to compare them to a domesticated species, but they’re not particularly closely related to dogs, so there’s enough separation to see how forced domestication affects a new species.
Can I have a pet fox? | empire | July 1, 2021 | Popular-Science
Kershenbaum studies “Wolves & other canids,” “Dolphins & cetaceans” — and “Aliens.”
Why Extraterrestrial Life May Not Seem Entirely Alien | Dan Falk | March 18, 2021 | Quanta Magazine

Social animals are the most easily subjugated by man, and several species of canid hunt in packs.
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. | Charles Darwin
When compared with all known members of the family of canid they betray a distinct and abnormal origin.
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. | Charles Darwin
De Blainville ('Ostographie, canid,' p. 137) has also seen an extra molar on both sides.
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. | Charles Darwin
Amongst mammals, we see it strikingly displayed in Bats, and in a lesser degree in the Felid and canid.
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection | Charles Darwin
The oldest and most central stock appears to be that of the dog family (canid).
Zoology: The Science of Animal Life | Ernest Ingersoll

canid

[ kăn′ĭd, kā′nĭd ]

Any of various carnivorous mammals of the family Canidae, which includes the dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes, and jackals.

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