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African Wild Dog

From a classification point of view, the African Wild Dog has posed quite the conundrum, intermittently being categorized as a type of Hyena in the 1820s by Temminck and accordingly designated the name Hyena picta, only to be later reclassified as a member of the subfamily of Canidae, (Simocyoninae) with the Dhole and the Bush [...]

30Jan2009 | Kayye Nynne | 0 comments | Continued
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Dog Evolution

Around 54 to 38 million years ago a new line of meat-eating mammals evolved. They became known as the carnivores and were distinct from all other meat eaters for the fact they possessed a unique feature – four carnassial teeth. Only carnivorous mammals possess teeth that adapted from a crushing chewing mechanics to a tearing [...]

6Jan2008 | Kayye Nynne | 0 comments | Continued

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