Are domesticated dogs and grey wolves the same species?

At what point will dogs and wolves stop being able to interbreed? Most of the diversity we see in dog breeds is simply standing variation that exists in wolves--in the relatively short time dogs have been domesticated (approx~30, 000 years ago) there are likely very few mutations that would arise. read more

The domesticated dog is certainly the of the same species as wolves, but the African Painted Dog and the Dingo are separate from the wolves. The Dingo discovery was fairly recent and was paralleled by a study that shows the Australian Aborigine may very well be unrelated to other humans as unlike the supposition they migrated from the South Pacific islands, they may very well have evolved on their own. read more

Dogs are Canus lupis familiaris though, not Canus familiaris. Dogs' species is Canus lupis, the same as wolves', and their subspecies is Canus lupis familiaris. read more