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Definition of Genus Canis
1. Noun. Type genus of the Canidae: domestic and wild dogs; wolves; jackals.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Canidae, Family Canidae
Member holonyms: Canis Familiaris, Dog, Domestic Dog, Wolf, Canis Aureus, Jackal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Canis
Literary usage of Genus Canis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philosophy of Natural History by William Smellie (1873)
"The genus Canis includes those of the dog kind; the wolf, the fox, the jackal,
... In the genus Canis, the dog is called Canis domesticus ; the wolf, ..."
2. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1837)
"Concerning an African Species of the genus Canis, an inhabitant of the Sahara
Desert, and some of the Valleys of the Atlas.—M. Bodichon supplies some ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"_ All kinds of our dogs have three molars on a side in each jaw, as in the genus
Canis, whereas the dhole and other species of the genus Cyan have but two; ..."
4. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"genus Canis—THE DOG. Muzzle obtuse ; tail short ; no caudal gland. Dental formula:
inc., z; can., l—^-; premolar, I — I 4^4 — This genus contains the wolf ..."
5. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1837)
"M. Bodichon supplies some details concerning the form and habits of one of the
genus Canis, which he regards as belonging to the subgenus of foxes (Vulpes), ..."
6. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1840)
"and comparable to the largest species of the old world, the tiger and the lion.
The genus Canis, at present comprises two species in this district; ..."
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