Home page of the Canid Specialist Group, part of the IUCN's Species Survival Commission, dedicated to coordinating and conducting research and conservation activities worldwide to conserve endangered canid species.

Wolves, Conservation, Extinction, Animals, Canids, Wild Canid Survival and Research Center, WCSRC, Wolf Sanctuary.

The Canidae | Genetics | Tests | Health | Books | Site Map | Site info The Canine Diversity Project The Canine Diversity Project is an attempt to acquaint breeders of domesticated Canidae (dogs) with the dangers of inbreeding and the overuse of popular sires. Both lead to the indiscriminate loss of genetic diversity and increase the frequency of genetic problems in the population. These abuses ...

Information and Pictures of wolves. Wolf games, stories and facts.

The domestic dog is an extremely close relative of the gray wolf, differing from it by at most 0.2% of mtDNA sequence.... In comparison, the gray wolf differs from its closest wild relative, the coyote, by about 4% of mitochondrial DNA sequence. Robert K. Wayne, Ph.D. Molecular evolution of the dog family Theoretical and Applied Genetics . Click here for glossary of standard genetic terminology ...

The Midwestern U.S. 16, 000 Years Ago Search ISM Home ...

PADS specific purpose is to facilitate communication between scientists and others who are interested in primitive and aboriginal dogs and to promote the preservation and scientific investigation of primitive and aboriginal dog stock throughout the world. Many of these populations have already disappeared. Most of those remaining are sliding into extinction due to genetic swapping from modern ...

Jackals of the African Crater ...

The mission of the Lupine Defense League is to promote an awareness and a respect for wolves and wolf hybrids (wolfdogs). Wolves are generally misunderstood by a society that has been misled by myth, superstition, and the selfish pursuits of greedy people. Wolves are a highly social and family oriented species. They have been victimized, hunted, and slaughtered by the narrow-minded for centuries.

Members of the IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group Chair: David W. Macdonald; Deputy Chairs: Joshua Ginsberg & Claudio Sillero (For contact information about any CSG members, please e-mail the CSG at canids@zoo.ox.ac.uk) Kathy Alexander (Dr), Centre for Conservation of African Resources: Animals, Communities, and Land Use (CARACAL), BOTSWANA Species: Lycaon pictus; jackals; Canis familiaris ...

Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Canis Diagram of the skull of a canid (wolf, dog, coyote). Diagramme du crane d'un canide (loup, chien, coyote) ...