Dog

Canis lupus familiaris

Dog

“ A domestic kind of wolf across the world. Therefore, this animal was the man's bestfriend. ”

– Eostre

Scientific Taxonomy & Character Information

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Clade: Synapsida

Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora

Family: Canidae

Genius: Canis

Species: Canis lupus

Subspecies: Canis lupus familiaris

Descendant: Canis lupus

Named by: Carl Linnaeus

Year Published: 1758

Size: various

Lifespan: 10 to 20+ years

Type: 

Title: 

Pantheon: Terran/Gaian

Time Period: Pleistocene - Holocene

Alignment: various

Threat Level: ★★★★★

Diet: Omnivorous

Elements: various

Inflicts: various

Weaknesses: Fire, ice, electric, metal, sound, time, arcane

Casualties: ???

Based On: itself

Conservation Status: Not Evaluated (NE) – IUCN Red List

Dog (Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of the grey wolf introduced in Earth Responsibly.

Etymology

Old English docga, of unknown origin for word dog. 14th-century England, hound (from Old English and Old German hund) was the general word for all domestic canines, and dog referred to a subtype resembling the modern mastiff and bulldog. By the 16th century, dog had become the general word, and hound had begun to refer only to breeds used for hunting.


The origin of Old English for dog was dugan (“to be good, worthy, useful”), English dow, German taugen. The theory goes that it could have been an epithet for dogs, commonly used by children, meaning "good/useful animal."

Physical Appearance

Dog is a domestic form of wolf with various appearances and is further distinguished from coyotes and jackals by a variety of short to broader snout, shorter to pointed ears, a shorter torso and a short or longer tail depending on the breed. It is slender and powerfully built, with a large, deeply descending rib cage, a sloping back, and a heavily muscled neck. However, domestication has seen the dog's skeleton greatly enhanced in size like large St Bernard to miniature built chihuahuas and corgis. The dog was the most diverse of all known carnivorans, originating from colder climates, made up of a coarse guard hair and a soft down hair from German Shepherds to Huskies.


The dog’s teeth are heavy and large, making them better suited to crushing bone or tearing some berries than those of other canids. They are not as specialized as those found in hyenas though. There are many different shapes for dog tails: straight, straight up, sickle, curled, or corkscrew.


Dogs are the most variable mammal on Earth with artificial selection producing around 450 globally recognized dog breeds. Consistently produce the desirable physical traits, movement and temperament that were developed over decades of selective breeding. Other uses of the term breed when referring to dogs include pure breeds, cross-breeds, mixed breeds and natural breeds.

Abilities

They are capable of moving at high speed for large dogs, as well as performing a drift that results in a speed burst for a short time (like Great Deans or Indian Pariahs). They can also jump very high and even running through snow (such as Huskies to Bulldogs).


Some dogs collected from magic and bioenergy, came in the form of thirteen different elements, each can be collected and enhanced.

Ecology

Dogs are the most numerous and extensively dispersed terrestrial carnivores, but their ability to coexist with other large carnivores is constrained by their close ties to humans. For instance, a review of studies on the consequences of dog rivalry on sympatric carnivores omitted any mention of studies on dog-wolf competition. Wolves are known to kill dogs, however they often live in pairs or small packs in hostile environments, which puts them at a disadvantage compared to huge dog packs.


Anywhere that dogs are discovered together, wolves will kill them. Wolves have occasionally attacked dogs with an uncommon lack of fear of people and structures, forcing humans to beat them off or kill them. Despite the fact that only a small number of dogs are killed each year, the concern that wolves may penetrate farms and villages and steal canines has led to calls for more lenient wolf hunting laws.


It has been said that dogs are omnivores. Dogs from agricultural communities have more amylase and other starch-digesting genes than wolves, which increases their capacity to thrive on a starch-rich diet. Some dog breeds are considered to have a high starch diet and, like humans, produce amylase in their saliva.


Dogs can only make bile acid with taurine and cannot make vitamin D, which they get from animal flesh, making them more like cats than other omnivores. Dogs need arginine to maintain nitrogen equilibrium, which is more like cats. Dogs' dietary needs fall in between those of omnivores and carnivores.

Behavior

Dogs are often owned communally or as strays in both the developing and developed worlds; pet dogs are unusual. According to one study, the majority of these canines live as scavengers and have never been owned by anyone. When approached by strangers, they typically flee (52% of the time) or act aggressively (11% of the time).


Due to the fact that the vast bulk of recent study on canine cognition has been on pet dogs living in human homes, little is known about these dogs or the dogs in developed countries that are feral, strays, or are in shelters.

Distribution and Habitat

Dogs have the greatest geographic range of any terrestrial mammal species, living on all seven continents (although they are no longer permitted on Antarctica and there are no permanent dog colonies there).


Tamed

Regularly pay attention to your dog. Your dog typically misbehaves after being ignored or left alone.

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