VME 3001 (all correct)

Canidae Family correct answers Kingdom: Animala Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Suborder: Caniformia Canine's were domesticated? correct answers About 40 million years ago in Southwest Texas Bulla Bony correct answers Covering over the ear Hesperocyoniane correct answers Extinct North American 10 genera: 26 species Earliest branch Borophaginae correct answers Earliest and most primitive animals was small and fox sized West North America Omnivores - small Carnivores- large Caninae correct answers Only living sub-family Linage to present day 14 genre, 34 species Not in Antartica What can domestic dogs interbred with correct answers Coyote, wolves, and jackles Originally named by correct answers Canis familiaris by Carolus Linneaus in 1758 First animal domesticated Reclassified as__________ in _____________ correct answers Canis lupus familiaris in 1993 Why were they reclassified correct answers Behavior, vocalization, morphology, and molecular biology Molecular evidence from wolves mtDNA evidence correct answers less than a .2% difference between dogs and wolves 4% difference between coyotes and wolves Domestication Occured correct answers 30,000 years ago in the upper patheolic era Why did they domesticate dogs? correct answers Earliest human settlements huntergather transiton to settlements Hunting is important due to no agriculture