Origin of the domestic dog to the domestic dog and modern wolf lineages. The gray wolf is thought to be ancestral to the domestic dog, however its relationship to "C. variabilis", and the genetic contribution of "C. variabilis" to the dog, is the subject of debate. The Zhokhov Island (8,700 YBP) and Aachim (1,700 YBP) canid haplotypes fell within the domestic dog clade, cluster with S805, and also share their haplotypes with – or are one mutation away from – the Tibetan wolf ("C. l. chanco") and the recently-extinct Japanese wolf ("C. l. hodophilax"). This may indicate that these canids retained the genetic signature of
Dog flea of the toxicity of flea treatment products have been scientifically studied and are available online from the Natural Resources Defense Council. Dog flea The dog flea ("Ctenocephalides canis") is a species of flea that lives as an ectoparasite on a wide variety of mammals, particularly the domestic dog and cat. It closely resembles the cat flea, "Ctenocephalides felis", which can live on a wider range of animals and is generally more prevalent worldwide. The dog flea is troublesome because it can spread "Dipylidium caninum". Although they feed on the blood of dogs and cats, they sometimes bite humans. They can