Anjing (Canis lupus familiaris) nyaéta subspésiés doméstikasi ajag/srigala hawuk (grey wolf), mamalia ti kulawarga Canidae ordo Carnivora.
Istilah ieu nujul boh ka nu liar atawa nu diingu sarta kadang dipaké pikeun anjing liar ti subspésiés atawa spésiés séjén. Anjing doméstik dalit jeung manusa, boh keur diala gawéna atawa pikeun kalangenan, jeung—pikeun sababaraha masarakat—pikeun didahar. Di sakuliah jagat, kira-kira aya 400 juta anjing.

Kiwari, anjing geus mekar jadi ratusan turunan. Jangkungna (diukur nepi ka tonggong) aya nu ukur sababaraha inci (anjing Chihuahua), tapi aya ogé anu nepi ka sababaraha kaki (Irish Wolfhound); kelirna aya nu bodas, aya ogé nu hideung lestreng; sedengkeun buluna ti nu pondok pisan nepi ka sababaraha sénti, ti nu lempeng nepi ka nu galing.

Taksonomi 
Anjing mimitina diasupkeun kana Canis familiaris jeung "Canis familiarus domesticus" ku Linnaeus taun 1758. Taun 1993, anjing diklasifikasi ulang jadi subspésiés srigala hawuk, Canis lupus, ku Smithsonian Institution jeung American Society of Mammalogists.

Asal-usul 
Dumasar kana bukti DNA, karuhun anjing misah ti srigala lianna kira 100.000 taun ka tukang, sarta mimiti diingu tina srigala hawuk kira 15.000 taun ka tukang. Ku kituna, anjing téh jadi spésiés munggaran anu didoméstikasi ku manusa.

Bukti nu aya nunjukkeun yén anjing téh munggaran didoméstikasi di Asia Wétan, sigana di Cina , sedengkeun nu aya di Amérika Kalér mah istuning bawaan ti Asia.

Nuturkeun ngumbarana manusa ka sakuliah dunya, anjing lahir jadi rupa-rupa. Révolusi tatanén jeung masarakatna lajeng ngadorong tumuwuhna populasi anjing sarta lahirna kabutuh kana anjing anu boga kabisa husus. Kaayaan ieu ngadorong ayana kawin seléktif ngarah ngahasilkeun anjing anu boga kabisa.

Katurunan jeung sajarah doméstikasi

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Tumbu kaluar 

 American Kennel Club
 Australian National Kennel Club 
 Canadian Kennel Club
 Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) - World Canine Organisation 
 New Zealand Kennel Club
 The Kennel Club (UK)

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