The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to dogs:
The dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of the wolf. Also called the domestic dog, it is derived from extinct gray wolves, and the gray wolf is the dog's closest living relative. The dog was the first species to be domesticated by humans. Experts estimate that hunter-gatherers domesticated dogs more than 15,000 years ago, which was before the development of agriculture. Due to their long association with humans, dogs have expanded to a large number of domestic individuals and gained the ability to thrive on a starch-rich diet that would be inadequate for other canids.
What type of things are dogs?
Dogs can be described as all of the following:
Biological classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Carnivora
- Family: Canidae
- Genus: Canis
- Species: Canis lupus
- Subspecies: Canis lupus familiaris and Canis lupus dingo
Types of dogs
By breed
By function
Dog type (list) – dog type refers to the grouping of dogs by their function.
- Companion dog: primarily provide companionship.
- Guard dog: watch for and guard against unwanted or unexpected people or animals.
- Fighting dog: fight and sometimes kill other dogs or animals.
- Hunting dog: assists humans in hunting game.
- Gun dog: assists gun hunters in finding or retrieving game.
- Flushing dog/Spaniel: assists hunters by flushing game.
- Springer Spaniel[disambiguation needed]/Cocker Spaniel: flush birds.
- Water Spaniel: flush game from the water.
- Pointer: assists hunters by pointing it's muzzle towards game.
- Setter: silently locate game by scent.
- Retriever: assist in retrieving game.
- Flushing dog/Spaniel: assists hunters by flushing game.
- Hound: assist humans in tracking.
- Scenthound: assist humans by tracking scent.
- Sighthound: assist humans by spotting and chasing down prey.
- Terrier: locate game that lives underground.
- Fell Terrier: hold or kill game that lives underground.
- Hunt Terrier: locate game and flush or kill game that lives underground.
- Gun dog: assists gun hunters in finding or retrieving game.
- Pastoral
- Herding dog: assists humans by herding.
- Livestock guardian dog: protects livestock from predators.
Working dogs
History of dogs
- Origin of the domestic dog
- Dogs in religion
- Dogs in warfare
- Dogs in ancient China
- Dogs in Mesoamerica
- Dogs in the American Revolutionary War
Biology of dogs
Anatomy of dogs
Dog health
Dog diet
Dog behavior
Dog sports
Dogs in culture
Publications about dogs
Notable dogs
Notable groups and people
See also
- Outline of animals
- List of dogs
- List of dog diseases
- List of dog breeds
- List of dog sports
- List of fictional dogs
- Street dog
Other
- Breed type (dog)
- Canid hybrid
- Canine physical therapy
- Canine Therapy Corps
- Chiengora
- Cropping (animal)
- Cynology
- Cynophobia
- List of beagle, harrier and basset packs of the United Kingdom
- List of bloodhound packs of the United Kingdom
- List of draghound packs of the United Kingdom
- List of foxhound packs of the United Kingdom
- List of minkhound packs of the United Kingdom
- List of hound packs of Australia
- List of hound packs of Ireland
- List of hound packs of New Zealand
- Lychee and Dog Meat Festival
References
External links
- Biodiversity Heritage Library bibliography for Canis lupus familiaris
- Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) – World Canine Organisation
- Dogs in the Ancient World, an article on the history of dogs
- View the dog genome on Ensembl