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Evolution Of Dogs Essay

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Dogs are known to have a scientific name called canis lupus but were previously called canis familiaris. The Latin word for dog is canon, and has several common names such as puppy, hound, mutt etc… There are different types of dog breeds such as Havanese, Canaan dogs, Bull dogs, Chihuahua, Vizsla, poodle, and much more. Dogs are highly variable in height and weight. The tallest dog which is called Great Dane stands about 106.7 cm (42.0 in) at the shoulder. Behavioral studies have shown that the dog's visual world consists of yellows, blues and grays, but however they have difficulty differentiating red and green making their color vision equivalent to red–green color blindness in humans. The dog's visual system has evolved to aid proficient hunting. They are less sensitive to differences in grey shades than humans and also can detect brightness at about half the accuracy of humans. Dogs have ear mobility, they can identify a sound's location much faster than a human, and they can also detect sounds far beyond the upper limit of the human auditory spectrum. Dogs have an olfactory sense ranging from one hundred thousand to one million times more sensitive than a human's. Dogs have a coat as a feature which is made of course hair. They have tails which could be used to communicate their emotional states. They have paws with nails that help them move over surfaces. They have 28 deciduous baby teeth that are replaced with 42 …show more content…

Dogs eat human food such chickens, eggs, yogurt, peanut butter and much more. They need nutrient like proteins, fats, water, vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates in order to have a healthy living. Studies have found that dogs may have arrived in America only 10,000 years ago which is a second wave of human migration. From there, they migrate with humans to every

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