Because they eat meat - like all carnivores !... If you look up the meaning of 'dog' in any encyclopaedia - it will explain why the animal is in the groups that have been assigned to it !
Dogs belong to the order Carnivora in the animal kingdom.
Order: Carnivora
Dogs eat meat
There is no Order Felidae. Felidae is the Family that all cat species belong to. Both dogs and cats are in the Order Carnivora, and all dogs are in the Family Canidae.
Dogs belong to the order Carnivora and the family Canidae. The order Carnivora includes a wide range of carnivorous mammals such as cats, bears, and seals. The family Canidae specifically includes dogs, wolves, foxes, and other similar species.
Dogs, scientifically known as Canis lupus familiaris, belong to the following taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Canidae Genus: Canis Species: Canis lupus familiaris
Dogs belong to the "Canidae Family", "Carnivora Order", and the "Mammalia Class".
Bears and dogs(or any canine) are in the same classification up to 'Order', where bears split off as Ursidae and dogs become Canidae for the family. So bears and dogs are both: Kingdom:Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammallia Order: Carnivora And that's all they have in common.
Both fissipeds and pinnipeds are to do with the order Carnivora (not to be confused with carnivorous animals).Fissipeds are the terrestral members or the order Carnivora. eg. cats, dogs, bears, weasels etc.Pinnipeds are the aquatic members of the order Carnivora. eg. true seals, eared seals and walruses.
The red fox is placed in the order of Carnivora. The red fox is placed in the order of Carnivora. The red fox is placed in the order of Carnivora.
Kingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:MammaliaOrder:CarnivoraFamily:CanidaeGenus:CanisSpecies:C. lupusSubspecies:C. l. familiaris and 'C. l. dingo"- Copied straight from Wikipedia's "Dog" page.
The classification order for raccoons is Carnivora, which is the order for mammals that includes carnivorous species like raccoons, bears, and wolves.