How to Use canid in a Sentence

canid

noun
  • But some of the canid skulls do not look exactly like those of wolves.
    — Virginia Morell, Scientific American, 1 July 2015
  • Lately the canid has taken to begging by the side of the road.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
  • But red wolves are the most endangered canid in the entire world.
    — Arkansas Online, 2 July 2021
  • Raccoon feces lacks the pointy ends and is often filled with seeds, but wild canids may eat lots of seeds, too.
    — Steven Sullivan, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
  • At the time, at least 21 of the canids were known to wander the state’s rural areas.
    — oregonlive.com, 7 June 2019
  • There has been a long debate about whether the small canid is its own species or a hybrid between the gray wolf and the coyote.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 1 May 2017
  • The hunter, police said, screamed at the animal and feared for his life before shooting the canid once.
    — Andrew Theen, OregonLive.com, 2 Nov. 2017
  • Game cameras also have captured photos of the elusive canids.
    — Lawrence Specker, AL.com, 19 Sep. 2017
  • But, like most things having to do with the predatory canids, even that number is disputed.
    — Kale Williams, OregonLive.com, 10 June 2018
  • The other wolflike canid, the researchers concluded, is the coyote.
    — Ted Gregory, chicagotribune.com, 19 June 2018
  • Mange isn’t rare and has affected other canids in the state, including coyotes.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Many canid species, from wolves to African wild dogs, hunt in packs and prefer more open habitats, like tundra or grasslands.
    — Cara Giaimo, New York Times, 4 May 2020
  • The device also helps prevent oral tissue injury as the canid’s teeth and mouth are examined.
    — Debra Utacia Krol, azcentral, 10 Feb. 2020
  • And given the deep attachment that comes with pair bonding, wild canids stick together year after year.
    — Devin Farmiloe, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The blood-squirting response is mainly used against canids such as coyotes, foxes and domestic dogs.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Poaching has been on the rise in recent years, straining the canid’s population even further.
    — oregonlive, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Mammalian scopes are mostly around 10 but go up to 20 for horses and just above 30 for canids.
    — Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
  • Lights and noisemakers, some of them activated by radio collars on wolves, can frighten off the canids.
    — Kale Williams, OregonLive.com, 10 June 2018
  • Coyotes evolved alongside larger canids, like wolves, which often persecuted and harassed them and killed their pups.
    — National Geographic, 7 Aug. 2016
  • Another surprise came from a simple test measuring the amount of time each canid hangs around a familiar person.
    — Popular Science, 10 Feb. 2020
  • So far the canids have been sighted mostly in green spaces, and reports of human conflicts are relatively low.
    — National Geographic, 29 Nov. 2019
  • By contrast, humans mimicking canids triggered it only 20% of the time.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
  • In the wild, canids such as wolves, foxes and other wild dogs may kick the ground after elimination for sanitary reasons.
    — Patty Khuly, miamiherald, 17 Aug. 2017
  • One researcher found that San Diego canyons with coyotes have healthier ecosystems that canyons without these canids.
    — Peter Rowe, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 Apr. 2018
  • Even when given ample opportunity, the canids never stray from their partners and remain faithful in good times and bad.
    — Ingrid Newkirk, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Other animal groups such as the canids were undergoing changes, as well, and diversifying at this time.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 22 June 2023
  • One ecological version of that idea holds that grass once helped wild canids clear intestinal worms—the fibrous strands wrap around the worms and carry them out in the droppings.
    — Niranjana Rajalakshmi, Popular Science, 4 June 2026
  • Many dog domestication questions still remain and the team is still researching where and how canids spread across Europe.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Mar. 2026
  • So what really is this large canid that now occupies nearly all of the eastern US and Canada?
    — Popular Science, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Divers also found the skull of a stocky, coyote-like canid previously only known from South America.
    — National Geographic, 25 Aug. 2017

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