Canina (subtribe)

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Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Family:Canidae
Caninans
Temporal range:
Late Miocene–present (7 million years BP)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Subfamily: Caninae
Tribe: Canini
Subtribe: Canina
Fischer de Waldheim, 1817[2]
Genera and subgenera[3]

Canina is a taxon 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.[3]:4 Its members as a group are colloquially known as the wolf-like canids.[4][5][6]

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