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Canis lupus familiaris

Linnaeus, 1758
Chordata » Carnivora » Canidae » Canis lupus familiaris
Common name (English)
Domestic Dog
Common name (Greek)
Σκύλος, Σχύλλος

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Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

Household pet.

Online resource
https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=…
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Pet/aquarium/terranium – Pet
Pathway detail

Domestic dog (Canis familiaris) is present as early as the end of the 9th millennium (Vigne et al. 2000).

References

Vigne J-D, Carrere I, Saliege J-F, Person A, Bocherens H, Guilaine J, Briois F (2000) Predomestic cattle, sheep, goat and pig during the late 9th and the 8th millennium cal. BC on Cyprus: preliminary results of Shillourokambos (Perkklisha, Limassol). In Archaeozoology of the Near East IV: proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on the Archaeozoology of Southwestern Asia and Adjacent Areas. Marjan Mashkour, Alice M. Choyke, Hijlke Buitenhuis, and Franc¸ois Poplin, eds. Pp. 52–75. Publicaties 32. Groningen: Centre for Archaeological Research and Consultancy.

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