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According to this new tree, the largest clade of domestic dogs last shared a common ancestor 18,800 years ago, and collectively, they last shared a common ancestor with a wolf around 32,100 years ago. They must have been domesticated at some point during this window. These molecular dates fit with fossil evidence.
However, Asiatic Raccoons and domestic dogs are only distantly related3 4. The Canidae family (also called canids) contains more than 30 species of dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes, dingoes, jackals, African wild dogs, and two species of primitive canids5. The Asiatic Raccoon is one of the primitive species contained in the Canidae family. Evidence suggests that Nyctereutes procyonoides branched off of the Canidae family tree. to form its own single-genus, single-species branch approximately seven to ten million. years ago6.