Canina (subtribe)
| Canina Temporal range: Late Miocene–present (7 million years BP) | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Subfamily: | Caninae |
| Tribe: | Canini |
| Subtribe: | Canina Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 |
| Genera | |
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.
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