Canis lupus familiaris: a man's best friend...the dog!
Dogs are amazing.I see through their eyes they might have a soul.I feel their emotions!!!
Just found out that the direct ancestor of the dog is now extinct!  :(
How so!!What happen to him?
Dog
The domestic dog ("Canis lupus familiaris" when considered a subspecies of the wolf or "Canis familiaris" when considered a distinct species) is a member of the genus "Canis" (canines), which forms part of the wolf-like canids, and is the most widely abundant terrestrial carnivore. The dog and the extant gray wolf are sister taxa as modern wolves are not closely related to the wolves that were first domesticated, which implies that the direct ancestor of the dog is extinct. The dog
a dog, however these have been challenged as being left by a wolf. Paleolithic dogs were directly associated with human hunting camps in Europe over 30,000 (YBP) and it is proposed that they were domesticated. They are also proposed to be either a proto-dog and the ancestor of the domestic dog or a type of wolf unknown to science.
Fossil record "Canis lupus familiaris" (domestic dog).
In 2002, a study was undertaken into the fossil skulls of two large canids that had been found buried within