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Dog

Canis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758

Status not recordedmammals

The dog (Canis familiaris) is a species in the family Canidae, order Carnivora. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

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Quick facts about the dog

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the dog live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The dog is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Is the dog endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the dog classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderCarnivora
  5. familyCanidae
  6. genusCanis
  7. SpeciesCanis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms Canis dingo, Canis familiaris australasiae, Canis familiarus domesticus, Canis lupus dingo, Canis lupus familiaris

Other names and names in other languages (135)
  • Domestic dogEnglish
  • Domestic dog (feral)English
  • Feral dogEnglish
  • PuppyEnglish
  • Wild dogEnglish
  • ашьаAbkhazian
  • OkramanAkan
  • كلبArabic
  • QuiltroMapuche
  • কুকুৰAssamese
  • ГьойAvaric
  • CicingBalinese
  • MbwaBemba
  • КучеBulgarian
  • AyamBikol
  • HadupanBanjar
  • কুকুরBangla
  • mpwabrl
  • PasBosnian
  • GosCatalan
  • Ga'låguChamorro
  • Ofi nan ʋlhpoaChoctaw
  • ᎩᎵCherokee
  • OeškeseCheyenne
  • PesCzech
  • CiWelsh
  • HaushundGerman
  • ΣκύλοςGreek
  • HundoEsperanto
  • ViringoSpanish
  • KoerEstonian
  • TxakurBasque
  • AvuEwe
  • سگPersian
  • KoiraFinnish
  • ChienFrench
  • (Hüs)hünjNorthern Frisian
  • CanGalician
  • moddeyManx
  • કૂતરોGujarati
  • ChyenHaitian Creole
  • ʻĪlioHawaiian
  • כלבHebrew
  • कुत्ताHindi
  • KutyaHungarian
  • Anjing DomestikIndonesian
  • MadraInterlingue
  • HundurIcelandic
  • CaneItalian
  • イヌJapanese
  • KirikJavanese
  • QimmeqKalaallisut
  • A̱bwuTyap
  • ИтKazakh
  • 개Korean
  • CanisLatin
  • lanemidldn
  • CaŋLombard
  • Naminis šuoLithuanian
  • sqʷəbayʔlut
  • Mājas sunsLatvian
  • KurīMāori
  • AnjiangMinangkabau
  • നായMalayalam
  • KelbMaltese
  • НохойMongolian
  • AnjingMalay
  • EfvMuscogee
  • ŁééchąąʼíNavajo
  • HundNorwegian Bokmål
  • HondDutch
  • AnimoshOjibwa
  • KachoPapiamento
  • PiesPolish
  • ƩkʹílosPontic
  • CãoPortuguese
  • CâineRomanian
  • ZhukelRomany
  • СобакаRussian
  • බල්ලාSinhala
  • Pes domáciSlovak
  • Domači pesSlovenian
  • QenAlbanian
  • ПасSerbian
  • CaniSardinian
  • tikSwedish
  • நாய்Tamil
  • కుక్కTelugu
  • หมาบ้านThai
  • AsoFilipino
  • KöpekTurkish
  • nTsaTswana
  • Пес свійськийUkrainian
  • کتاUrdu
  • ChóVietnamese
  • Aunumwam
  • SukuʔWasho
  • malikiWarlpiri
  • hoyungycr
  • 犬Chinese
  • Domaći pasBosnian
  • CaCatalan
  • pes domácíCzech
  • KiltroSpanish
  • PerroSpanish
  • Perro DomésticoSpanish
  • Perros pastoresSpanish
  • AvounEwe
  • כלב הביתHebrew
  • AlanoItalian
  • BarboncinoItalian
  • BassottoItalian
  • CagnolinoItalian
  • CarlinoItalian
  • MastinoItalian
  • Pastore maremmanoItalian
  • Pastore tedescoItalian
  • イエイヌJapanese
  • AsuJavanese
  • SegawonJavanese
  • 강아지Korean
  • sqʷubayʔlut
  • PeroMāori
  • Anjing Bela JinakMalay
  • Gedomesticeerde HondDutch
  • Verwilderde HondDutch
  • Pies DomowyPolish
  • cachorroPortuguese
  • Cão domésticoPortuguese
  • Домашняя СобакаRussian
  • සුනඛයාSinhala
  • สุนัข/หมาThai
  • Собака свійськийUkrainian
  • 狗Chinese
  • 狗/犬Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the dog

Other species in the same genus Canis.

LC, Least Concern
Wolf (Canis lupus)

Wolf

Canis lupus

Canidae

LC, Least Concern
Coyote (Canis latrans)

Coyote

Canis latrans

Canidae

Thoa

Canis lupaster

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the dog live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the dog for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the dog?

The dog (Canis familiaris) belongs to the family Canidae in the order Carnivora.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Dog (Canis familiaris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dog

MLA

“Dog (Canis familiaris).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/dog.

BibTeX
@misc{dog_2026,
  title = {Dog (Canis familiaris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dog},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}