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    The document discusses the domestic dog, including its origins from ancient wolves over 15,000 years ago. Dogs have been selectively bred for behaviors and attributes, and they perform many roles for humans such as hunting, herding, and companionship. There is ongoing debate among scientists over whether dogs should be classified as a separate species or subspecies from wolves.

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    domestic dog (Canis familiaris when considered a separate species, or Canis lupus


    familiaris when considered a subspecies of the wolf)[5] is a wolf-like canid[6] that can be
    found distributed around the world.[7] The dog descended from an ancient, extinct wolf
    [8][9] with the modern wolf being the dog's nearest living relative.[10] The dog was the

    first species to be domesticated[11][10] by hunter–gatherers more than 15,000 years ago,[9]


     which predates agriculture.[1] Their long association with humans has led dogs to be
    uniquely attuned to human behavior[12] and they can thrive on a starch-rich diet that
    would be inadequate for other canids.[13]
    • The dog has been selectively bred over millennia for various behaviors, sensory
    capabilities and physical attributes.[14] Dogs vary widely in shape, size and color.[15]
     They perform many roles for humans, such as hunting, herding, pulling loads, 
    protection, assisting police and the military, companionship and, more recently, 
    aiding disabled people and therapeutic roles. This influence on human society has
    given them the sobriquet of "man's best friend."
    • In 1758, the Swedish botanist and zoologist Carl Linnaeus published in his Systema Naturae the 
    binomial nomenclature – or the two-word naming – of species. Canis is the Latin word meaning
    "dog",[16] and under this genus, he listed the dog-like carnivores, including domestic dogs, wolves,
    and jackals. He classified the domestic dog as Canis familiaris, and on the next page, he classified
    the wolf as Canis lupus.[2] Linnaeus considered the dog to be a separate species from the wolf
    because of its cauda recurvata - its upturning tail, which is not found in any other canid.[17]
    • In 1999, a study of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) indicated that the domestic dog might have
    originated from multiple gray wolf populations, with the dingo and New Guinea singing dog "breeds"
    having developed at a time when human communities were more isolated from each other.[18] In the
    third edition of Mammal Species of the World published in 2005, the mammalogist W. Christopher
    Wozencraft listed under the wolf Canis lupus its wild subspecies and proposed two additional
    subspecies: "familiaris Linneaus, 1758 [domestic dog]" and "dingo Meyer, 1793 [domestic dog]".
    Wozencraft included hallstromi – the New Guinea singing dog – as a junior synonym for the dingo.
    Wozencraft referred to the mtDNA study as one of the guides informing his decision.[4] Other
    mammalogists have noted the inclusion of familiaris and dingo under a "domestic dog" clade.[19] This
    classification by Wozencraft is debated among zoologists.[20]
    • In 2019, a workshop hosted by the IUCN/Species Survival Commission's Canid Specialist Group
    considered the New Guinea singing dog and the dingo to be feral dogs Canis familiaris, and therefore
    should not be assessed for the IUCN Red List.[21]

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