Canina (subtribe)

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.^: 4 Its members as a group are colloquially known as the wolf-like canids.

Taxonomy

This subtribe is defined by two synapomorphies: a zygoma that is strongly arched dorsoventrally, and the usual presence of a second posterior cusp on p4 lying between the first posterior cusp and the cingulum.

Members of the subtribe Canina are able to produce canid hybrids due to their shared karyotype of 78 chromosomes arranged in 39 pairs.

The cladogram below is based on the phylogeny of Lindblad-Toh et al. (2005), modified to incorporate recent findings on Canis species.

References

1. Canina
2. List of canids
3. African wild dog
4. Dhole
5. Dire wolf
6. Eucyon
7. Sardinian dhole
8. Jackal
9. Coleus
10. Cerdocyonina
11. Canini (tribe)
12. Agrostis
13. Protocyon
14. List of mammals of Montenegro
15. Dingo–dog hybrid
16. Caninae
17. Borophagina
18. Canis
19. Paratomarctus
20. Side-striped jackal