I love dogs, the canis lupus.
I really want a dog. Whats a canis lupus?
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
. "Canis familiaris" is used for domestic dogs, although taxonomically it should probably be synonymous with "Canis lupus."" In 1982, the first edition of "Mammal Species of the World" included a note under "Canis lupus" with the comment: "Probably ancestor of and conspecific with the domestic dog, "familiaris". "Canis familiaris" has page priority over "Canis lupus", but both were published simultaneously in Linnaeus (1758), and "Canis lupus" has been universally used for