ABAS 4520 COURSE UNIT 1 Domestication, Taxonomy, and Selective Breeding

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ABAS 4520COURSE UNIT 1Domestication, Taxonomy,
and Selective Breeding
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• COMPANION ANIMALS DEFINED
• domesticated animal species used for enjoyment,
  pleasure, companionship, and sport rather than
  production of a commodity
• Companion one that accompanies another
  COMRADE, ASSOCIATE also one that keeps company
  with another (Webster)

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• HISTORIC ROLES of Dogs and Cats
• scavengers
• hunting partners
• deities (gods)
• guardians
• food sources
• companions

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BASTET THE CAT GODDESS
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• CONTEMPORARY ROLES of Dogs and Cats
• companions
• status symbols
• hobbies
• helpers
• hunting partners
• guardians
• food sources

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TAXONOMY OF THE DOMESTIC DOG
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WHICH ONE MIGHT BE THE DOMESTIC DOGS MOST DIRECT
ANCESTOR? WHAT ARE THESE 4 CANIDS COMMON NAME?
CANIS LUPUS
CANIS FAMILIARIS DINGO
CANIS LATRANS
CANIS AUREUS
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HISTORIC CONCLUSION

• Wolves are the most recent ancestor of the
  domestic dog

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TAXONOMY OF THE DOMESTIC CAT
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A FEW DOMESTIC CAT RELATIVES Just for funcan
you name some?
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• What is Selective Breeding?
• A couple of terms to know
• BREED
• individuals within a species sharing certain
  distinctive characteristics (standards)
• always breed true (high level of inbreeding)
  purebred
• GROUP
• a collection of breeds sharing a general
  function, morphology, or ancestry
• hounds share a common function which is?
• shorthairs share the same morphology which is?

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CAN YOU NAME ANY OF THESE??
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CLASSIFYING DOG BREEDS (AKC)

• HOUND GROUP
• SCENT HOUNDS
• hunting style pursue, corner, and alert
• slow pursuit, high endurance
• long head, heavy bones, strong legs, pendulous
  ears, skin folds
• highest olfactory capacity
• SIGHT HOUNDS
• hunting style pursue, overtake, and kill
• hunting open plains
• tall, slender, long-legged, deep-chested, long
  muscled

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CLASSIFYING DOG BREEDS (AKC)

• WORKING GROUP
• The breeds represented in this group were
  developed to
• guard and/or protect
• conduct search and rescue
• guard livestock
• fight each other
• HERDING GROUP
• The breeds represented in this group were
  developed to herd livestock
• Different breeds exhibit different herding
  behaviors based on livestock type being herded
  (biting vs. non-biting)

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CLASSIFYING DOG BREEDS (AKC)

• SPORTING GROUP
• came about with the development of enhanced
  firearms
• hunting style find game, indicate, flush
• retrieving find dead game and retrieve
• includes pointers, retrievers, setters, and
  spaniels
• TERRIERS GROUP
• terra earth
• smaller terriers dig to hunt underground quarry
• badgers, foxes, rodents
• resilient, hard working, wiry (harsh) coat, high
  activity level
• small terriers developed to hunt vermin
• large terriers developed to hunt upland game

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CLASSIFYING DOG BREEDS (AKC)

• TOY GROUP
• small body size
• solely bred for companionship
• some dwarfs of larger breeds (e.g., Toy Poodle)
• NON-SPORTING GROUP
• do not fit groupings with other breeds

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• BODY TYPE CLASSIFICATION OF CATS
• (Breeds developed on morphological selection
  criteria)
• COBBY
• Ex. Burmese, Exotic, Manx, Persian
• SEMI-COBBY
• Ex. American Shorthair, American Wirehair,
  Bombay, Korat, Scottish Fold,
• FOREIGN
• Ex. Abyssinian, Turkish Angora, Russian Blue,
  Somali
• SEMI-FOREIGN
• Ex. American Curl, Devon Rex, Havana Brown,
  Egyptian Mau, Tonkinese
• ORIENTAL
• Ex. Balinese, Cornish Rex, Oriental, Siamese
• LONG AND SUBSTANTIAL
• Ex. Maine Coon, Ragdoll, Turkish Van
• OUT OF BALANCE
• Ex. Chartreux, Sphynx