Dogs are closely related to the wolves. In fact, they are the same species.
wolves and coyotes
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wolves
Dingos, wolfs,
the grey wolf
Dogs and wolves have a more recent common ancestor.
chimpanzee
Cats and dogs have a common ancestor that is more recent than the common ancestor of cats and hamsters.
the wolf or the wolfs
All living things have ancestors.
Crocodiles and birds share a common ancestor. This can be seen by comparing the internal anatomy of the two. Dogs and Dolphins also have a common ancestor. Their skeletons again are both distinctly mammillian. The ancestor of dogs and dolphins and the ancestor of birds and crocodiles will again share a common ancestor, but you will need to go much further back. I am not sure of the timescales but we are talking tens to hundreds of million years.
Wolves did. Dogs diverged from the ancestor Wolves.
Animalia