canid

[ kan-id, key-nid ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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

canid

/ kăn′ĭd,kā′nĭd /

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

Origin of canid¹

1885–90; < New Latin Canidae, equivalent to Can ( is ) a genus, including the dog and wolf ( Latin: dog) + -idae -id ²

Social animals are the most easily subjugated by man, and several species of Canid hunt in packs.

When compared with all known members of the family of Canid they betray a distinct and abnormal origin.

De Blainville ('Ostographie, Canid,' p. 137) has also seen an extra molar on both sides.

Amongst mammals, we see it strikingly displayed in Bats, and in a lesser degree in the Felid and Canid.

The oldest and most central stock appears to be that of the dog family (Canid).

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