African village dogs are a genetically diverse group of indigenous dogs found across Africa, descended from ancient dogs that arrived from the Middle East. Unlike many other dogs kept in Africa, African village dogs were not formally bred, and most remain landraces rather than registered breeds. The Basenji is the only African village dog population that has been formally standardized as a breed. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Body Size Band Connections
Child Taxon Of
Canis, Taxa Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Canis lupus familiaris
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1. GBIF: Species profiles of Canis lupus familiaris
GBIFSpecies profilesQuote, Species profiles
"habitat": "terrestrial"
2. African village dog (Wikipedia)
present tense, genetically diverse group found in Africa todayView the Source 3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Canis lupus familiaris
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyTaxon recordQuote, Taxon record
"canonicalName": "Canis lupus familiaris"
4. Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014): EltonTraits 1.0 mammal diet data
Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014)Row: canis lupus
4927 Canis lupus Canidae 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC G A 1 1 0 Ref_1 ABC 32183.33 Ref_117 1
MamFuncDat.txt row for this species, Activity-Nocturnal, Activity-Crepuscular and Activity-Diurnal columns
Canis lupus Canidae 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC G A 1 1 0 Ref_1 ABC 32183.33 Ref_117 1
MamFuncDat.txt row for this species, Diet-Inv to Diet-PlantO percentage columns
Canis lupus Canidae 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC G A 1 1 0 Ref_1 ABC 32183.33 Ref_117 1
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