If a dog is a wolf, what is a cat?

Some people seem to be very set on drawing a sharp line between dogs and wolves. read more

Some people seem to be very set on drawing a sharp line between dogs and wolves. I think this has increased since a recent discovery suggesting that rather than domestic dogs being descended from a population of grey wolves, perhaps both domestic dogs and grey wolves are descended from a now extinct variety, the large Taymir wolf. read more

A wolf is Canis lupus - also known as the gray wolf, the most widespread species of canine in the world. A wild dog is a wild canine - the term simply refers to any non-domesticated canine, not to a specific species. (Wildcats, for example, can be bobcats, tigers, lions, etc - they’re all wildcats). read more