when do animals move out of their taxonomic groupings?
for example how much would a dog have to change to no longer be considered a canid?
when do animals move out of their taxonomic groupings?
when do animals move out of their taxonomic groupings?
for example how much would a dog have to change to no longer be considered a canid?
>when do animals move out of their taxonomic groupings?
Never
this answer is frustrating like you wouldn't believe lol.
so if we somehow managed for the LUCA to be the creature we fully categorized does that mean a giraffe would be apart of the same family as it? same genus? is there really no point where an animal can split off?
>hyrax
what a ridiculous animal.
Since toadlines still pass despite the best efforts, i don't think it's possible anymore.
a dog will forever be canid, since the modern biology values the monophyly most.
you are a primate, a mammal, an amniote, a vertebrate, and an eucaryote at the same time.
>no longer be considered a canid?
Is that how the taxonomy works? Can a species change so much that it "jumps" to a different line on the chart?
Like, if humans eventually evolved to no longer have a spine or central nervous system would we still be on the chordate line?
Would we hop over to like a jellyfish thing, or would there just be a freaky outlier line for the new jellyfish chordates?
Basically this
All tetrapod animals today are still technically classified as lobe-finned fish (Sarcopterygii).
So to answer OP's question, it will forever be a canid as that is what it derived from. A dog can jump in the water and grow fins, but that doesn't mean it's a whale.
>All tetrapod animals today are still technically classified as lobe-finned fish (Sarcopterygii).
taxonomically this is no different than saying all tetrapods are vertebrates. The only thing that has changed is the public's understanding of what that means. If I say "vertebrates" the public thinks vertebrae, not fins and gills. But one has always implied the other at least at the start.
>If I say "vertebrates" the public thinks vertebrae, not fins and gills.
and of course dogs still have fins and gills, we just named them other things because they're being used for other things.
thanks anons
Probably jaw shape.
Hyenas, wolves and cayotes all have different bodies, but their skulls are still recognizably canine. Once that changes, you can create a new family for them.
hyenas aren't canines though?
>hyenas
Anon I...
Wdym? Hyenas and baboons are my favorite kinds of dogs.
baboons are fucking metal, im glad that they have absolutely no respect for humans and shit in their houses.
Just consider whale evolution, they used to have toes of ungulates