Dogs in this sense refers to any member of the Canis genus. Historically speaking, before taxonomic and genomic advances, coyotes, wolves, jackals, and, well, d

Dogs in this sense refers to any member of the Canis genus. Historically speaking, before taxonomic and genomic advances, coyotes, wolves, jackals, and, well, dogs, were all called dogs. Similar usage inconsistencies persist throughout the world.