Caninae

Canines; Temporal range: Oligocene to Holocene (34 Ma-present)
	The three extant canine tribes: tribe Canini, the dog-like canines (represented by a black-backed jackal); tribe Vulpini, the fox-like canines (represented by a red fox); and tribe Urocyonini, represented by a gray fox.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Subfamily:	Caninae; Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
Genera and subgenera
	†Leptocyon; Tribe Urocyonini Urocyon; ; Tribe Canini Subtribe Canina Canis †Xenocyon; ; Cuon; Lupulella; Lycaon; †Cynotherium; †Aenocyon; †Eucyon; †Mececyon; †Megacyon; ; Subtribe Cerdocyonina Atelocynus; Cerdocyon; Chrysocyon; Lycalopex; Speothos; †Dusicyon; †Nurocyon; †Protocyon; †Theriodictis; ; ; Tribe Vulpini Nyctereutes; Otocyon; Vulpes; †Prototocyon; †Metalopex Tedford, Wang, & Taylor 2008; ;

Caninae (whose members are known as canines (/keɪnaɪnz/)^: 182 is the only living subfamily within Canidae, alongside the extinct Borophaginae and Hesperocyoninae. They first appeared in North America, during the Oligocene around 35 million years ago, subsequently spreading to Asia and elsewhere in the Old World at the end of the Miocene,^: 122 some 7 million to 8 million years ago.