Our beloved canine companions are (brace yourselves) animals, and as such, each dog, whatever its breed, has a taxonomic hierarchy, a biological classification of rank (such as species, genus, family, etc.).  So that you know,  it looks like this:

Kingdom:  Animalia
Subkingdom:  Bilateria
Infrakingdom: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclass: Tetrapoda
Class: Mammalia Linnaeus
Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Eutheria
Order Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Family Canidae
Genus Canis
Species Canis lupus
Subspecies Canis lupus familiaris

Interestingly, we noted during the course of research on state dogs that a couple of sites endowed the Boston Terrier with an additional taxonomic name: Canis familiaris bostenensis. The name is probably fabricated, but it suggests to us a fun exercise. What “taxonimic-sounding” name would you give your breed?

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