Originally posted by wolfsoul

they r related, but not closely enough to even be in the same family...its like foxes...they r related to cats and dogs, but are more related to cats, and are in their own family....
Actually, foxes are canids! They are a cousin of the dog. Coyotes are considered cousins too and can breed with a dog making what is known as a 'coydog'. Wolves and coyotes can breed too, but they don't like each other and if one sees another, they will fight to the death. So obviously, this doesn't happen very often. For some reason. foxes cannot breed with dogs though.

Sorry if I'm being liitle-miss-know-it-all, it's just that genetics is sort of my thing.