The dog, Canis familiaris, is a direct descendent of the gray wolf, Canis lupus: In other words, dogs as we know them are domesticated wolves. Not only their behavior changed; domestic dogs are ...

They identified dogs (Canis familiaris), ancient wolves (Canis lupus), wolfdogs (Canis lupus/familiaris), and coyotes (Canis latrans). "It asks the existential question, what is a dog?" ...