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A free-ranging dog is a dog that is not confined to a yard or house. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Free-ranging dogs include street dogs , village dogs, stray dogs, feral dogs, etc., and may be owned or unowned. The global dog population is estimated to be 900 million, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] of which around 20% are regarded as owned pets and therefore restrained.
Street dog. Street dog at a footpath in Pune, India. Street dogs, known in scientific literature as free-ranging urban dogs, [ 1][ 2] are unconfined dogs that live in cities. They live virtually everywhere cities exist and the local human population allows, especially in the developing world.
Selection of different dog breeds. This list of dog breeds includes both extant and extinct dog breeds, varieties and types.A research article on dog genomics published in Science/AAAS defines modern dog breeds as "a recent invention defined by conformation to a physical ideal and purity of lineage".
Malteses were the most popular dog from 1936 all the way through to 1952, when the Beagle became the number one dog until 1959. Poodles would become the most popular breed for the longest, reigning from 1960 for the next twenty-two years until 1982, when the American Maltese once again took over until 1990.
List of canids. 10 of the 13 extant canid genera left-to-right, top-to-bottom: Canis, Cuon, Lycaon, Cerdocyon, Chrysocyon, Speothos, Vulpes, Nyctereutes, Otocyon, and Urocyon. Canidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, which includes domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, foxes, jackals, dingoes, and many other extant and extinct dog-like ...
The dingo (either included in the species Canis familiaris, or considered one of the following independent taxa: Canis familiaris dingo, Canis dingo, or Canis lupus dingo) is an ancient ( basal) lineage of dog [ 5][ 6] found in Australia. Its taxonomic classification is debated as indicated by the variety of scientific names presently applied ...
Pages in category "Feral dogs". The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Basenji. This medium-sized African hunting dog has short, fine hair that requires only minimal, infrequent grooming. Alert and energetic, the basenji is one of the top 100 most popular breeds, and ...