[Ichneumon]

We see the chihuahua, and the Great Dane. All dogs.

But they're no longer *WOLVES*.

Is that clue phone ringing yet?

[DannyTN]

"But they're no longer *WOLVES*. Is that clue phone ringing yet?"

They are all canines and can still mate. Wolves for all practical purposes are just a wild dog.

[HankReardon]

I'll say it again, wolves and dogs are the same species, they have exactly the same DNA structure.

[King Prout]

in a minor point of concession: the whole Canis Family is a mess, as the species designations not only predate genetics but are derived from traditional non-scientific discrimination.

Canis Lupus certainly can interbreed successfully and viably with Canis Familiaris. Both can also interbreed with Canis Latrans.

I wish this mess would get cleaned up in the literature, so as to remove a weapon-of-mass-BS from the creationist arsenal.