The scientific family name for dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes, and similar carnivorous mammals.
Scientific Latin, formalized by Carolus Linnaeus in the 18th century, based on canis (dog) with the standard -idae family suffix used in biological taxonomy.
Linnaeus created a naming system so precise that a scientist in Japan and a scientist in Brazil can discuss the exact same animal using one Latin name—it's biology's universal language.
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