Species profile—Canis familiaris (dog)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Canidae (dogs and foxes) → Canis familiaris (dog)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Canidae (dogs and foxes)
- Scientific name
- Canis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758
- Common name
- dog
- Type reference
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Tom. 1 824 pp.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1067
- Synonym(s)
- Canis lupus familiaris
Canis familiarus domesticus - Alternate name(s)
- feral dog
domestic dog
wild dog - Biosecurity Act 2014 (BIO) status
- Restricted Matter
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Feral Animal
- Species environment
- Terrestrial
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1067
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
