Canina (subtribe)


Canina is a taxonomic rank which represents the wolf-like sub-tribe of the tribe Canini, and is sister to the sub-tribe Cerdocyonina. Its members as a group are colloquially known as the wolf-like canids.

Taxonomy

Members of the subtribe Canina are able to produce canid hybrids due to their shared karyotype of 78 chromosomes arranged in 39 pairs.
The cladogram below is based on the phylogeny of Lindblad-Toh et al., modified to incorporate recent findings on Canis species,