Editing Canidae (section)

===Phylogenetic relationships===
This [[cladogram]] shows the phylogenetic position of canids within [[Caniformia]], based on fossil finds:<ref name=tedford2009/>
{{clade
 |style=font-size:90%;line-height:85%
 |label1=[[Caniformia]]
 |1={{clade
    |label1=[[Arctoidea]]
    |1= (bears, procyonids, pinnipeds, etc.) [[File:Ailurus fulgens - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam -(white background).jpg|80 px]]
    |label2=[[Cynoidea]]
    |2={{clade
       |label1={{extinct}}''[[Miacis]]''
       |1=(various {{extinct}}''[[Miacis]]'' [[spp.]])[[File:Miacis restoration.jpg|60 px]]
       |state1=double
       |label2='''Canidae'''
       |2={{clade
          |label1={{extinct}}[[Hesperocyoninae]]
          |1=(''[[Mesocyon]]'', ''[[Enhydrocyon]]'', ''[[Hesperocyon]]'', and other basal canines, e.g. ''[[Cynodictis]]'')[[File:Cynodictis (white background).jpg|80 px]]
          |label2=
          |3={{clade
             |label1={{extinct}}[[Borophaginae]]
             |1=(''[[Aelurodon]]'', [[Cynarctina|cynarctin]]s, and others)<span style="{{MirrorH}}">[[File:Epicyon haydeni 3.jpg|90 px]]</span>
             |label2=[[Caninae]]
             |2= (all modern canids and extinct relatives) [[File:Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes (Plate X).jpg|70 px]]
             }}
            }}
        }}
     }}
 }}