canine
Let an agent explain canids as a family, relay taxonomy, ecology and notable members from zoological sources, describe jackals, wild dogs and the dingo, and distinguish canids from felids and other carnivores, from the domestic dog alone and from the canine tooth.
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Understand What a canine is.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a canid, and how does it differ from felids, the domestic dog alone and the canine tooth? definition
- Is the question about the family, a species, management or the tooth? boundary
Members
Members.
Members
Members.
- What are jackals, wild dogs, the dingo, wolves and foxes? definition
- Which entry fits the specific species? action
Biology Biology.
Taxonomy
Taxonomy.
Taxonomy
Taxonomy.
- How is Canidae classified, and how is the dingo classified, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Ecology
Ecology.
Ecology
Ecology.
- How do canids hunt, live socially and shape ecosystems? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
People People and canids.
Management
Management.
Management
Management.
- How are wolves, dingoes and jackals managed, and what is debated, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Health
Disease.
Health
Health.
- What diseases such as rabies involve canids, and what should people do after a bite, as health authorities advise? provenance
- Which entry fits rabies? action
Context Evolution and culture.
Evolution
Evolution.
Evolution
Evolution.
- How did canids evolve, and how was the dog domesticated? provenance
- Which entry fits domestication of the dog? action
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- What roles do jackals, wolves and dingoes play in myth and culture, including Aboriginal Australian traditions presented respectfully? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific tradition? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- noun.animal
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.LIV
- Tags
- animal
- Facets: substance
- living
- Facets: origin
- natural
- Facets: agency
- autonomous
- Facets: mobility
- self-moving
- Facets: scale
- not-applicable
- Facets: affordances
- observable
- Other names and narrower kinds
- canid, jackal, wild dog, dingo, warrigal, warragal, Canis dingo, dhole, Cuon alpinus, crab-eating dog, crab-eating fox, Dusicyon cancrivorus
What it is Filled
In the WordNet sense, any member of the dog family Canidae, fissiped carnivorous mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles, including wolves, domestic dogs, foxes, coyotes, jackals and wild dogs such as the African wild dog and the dingo of Australia, also called warrigal or warragal; the noun canine also names the pointed canine tooth, a different sense.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain canids as a family, relay taxonomy, ecology and notable members from zoological sources, describe jackals, wild dogs and the dingo, and distinguish canids from felids and other carnivores, from the domestic dog alone and from the canine tooth.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Nonretractile claws
- Long muzzle
- Cursorial build
- Social in many species
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Approach, feed or provoke wild canids, which can harm people or become dependent.
- Assist in hunting, trapping or poisoning protected canid species.
- Publish locations of dens or packs that expose them to persecution.
- Confuse the animal family with the canine tooth.
Only with a human decision
- Decisions to remove or cull a canid seen as a threat.
- Handling an injured wild canid, which may carry rabies.
May
- Identify canids from sightings or images and record them for wildlife surveys.
- Report a dog, fox, wolf or other canid that is injured, lost or in danger to the right keeper or wildlife service.
Moral aspects Filled
- Wolves, dingoes and wild dogs face persecution from conflict with livestock keepers.
- Domestic dogs depend on people for their welfare.
Who is affected
- Wild and domestic canids
- Livestock keepers
- People near wildlife
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody for wild canids: protected by wildlife law; the registered keeper for domestic dogs.
Master systems
- Species and wildlife occurrence databases
- Microchip and pet registration databases
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- oewn-02077948-n - registry parent class
related
- carnivore - in WordNet terms
- dog - the domestic species
- dingo - of Australia
- canine tooth - a different sense
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.canine
- Open English WordNet: oewn-02085998-n
- WordNet: oewn-02077948-n any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws
Direct properties required Filled
- species: about 37 count - extant
- largest: grey wolf note
- smallest: fennec fox note
- dingo in Australia: about 3500-8000 years note - estimates
Recognition required Filled
- Member of the dog family
- Canid, jackal, wild dog, dingo or warrigal, wolf, fox, coyote
- Felids have retractile claws; the domestic dog is one species; the canine tooth is a tooth
- Mammals with long muzzles, upright ears, slender legs and bushy tails.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the family
- relay taxonomy and ecology
- describe members
- distinguish related senses
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Rabies and bites
- Partisan framing of dingo and wolf management
- Confusing senses
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Wildlife protection and pest control laws
- Rabies control rules
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; an animal group.
- wolves and dogs of genus Canis
- jackals
- foxes
- African wild dog and dhole
- dingo
- South American canids
Sources Filled
- Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-02085998-n - sense and gloss of the concept
- Wiktionary: canine - word senses and usage
Open questions
- Should the dingo taxonomy debate be recorded?
- How should zoological sources be linked?
- How should the canine tooth sense be separated?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-canine/spec.json