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{{Taxobox 
| image              = dzujin.png
| image_alt          = 
| image_caption      = "Duzin," one of [[Nwngan Dydd]]'s sketches depicting a feld. The man depicted here is ethnically teelian.
| status             = LC
| status_system      = iucn3.1
| domain             = [[Wikipedia:Eukarya|Eukarya]]
| regnum             = [[Wikipedia:Animalia|Animalia]]
| phylum             = [[Wikipedia:Chordata|Chordata]]
| classis            = [[Wikipedia:Mammalia|Mammalia]]
| ordo               = [[Wikipedia:Carnivora|Carnivora]]
| familia            = [[Wikipedia:Canidae|Canidae]]
| genus              = ''[[Nemocyon]]''
| species            = '''''N. Dimus'''''
| binomial           = ''Nemocyon dimus''
| synonyms           = 
| range_map          = 
| range_map_caption  = 
}}
'''Felds''' ('''''Nemocyon dimus'''''; also '''Dimi''' (<small>SG</small> '''Dimus''')) ([[Phyrean language|Phyrean]]: ''Fwyl''; [[Ascon language|Ascon]]: ''Bel''; [[Classical Nanai|Cl. Nanai]]: ''ka<sup>X</sup>'') are one of two sapient species present on [[World]], the other being [[Clúnydd]]. They are the most abundant species of [[wikipedia:canid|canid]]. They are [[wikipedia:bipedal|bipedal]], on account of their historical tree-dwelling making their anterior limbs into graspers. They are theorised to have originated in southern [[Anidon]] around 50 000 BNB.

== Name ==
''Feld'' is derived from [[Phyrean language|Phyrean]] ''fwyl'', the name of the species in the language. {{Metainf|The scientific name of their genus, Nemocyon, is derived from [[wikipedia:ancient greek language|ancient Greek]] ''nemo-'', meaning "tree," and ''kyon'', meaning "dog."}} ''Dimus'' is the word for feld in [[Callidian language|Callidian]].

== Appearance ==

=== Head ===
The head of a feld is noticeably similar to that of other canids, with a long snout and big ears.

=== Body ===
Felds are [[Elmiform|elmiforms]], and therefore they walk upright on their hind limbs, with their front limbs being used to grasp and manipulate their environment.

=== Fur patterns and coloration ===
Feld fur is highly varied and comes in several different patterns. It presents colours ranging between whites, blacks, greys and browns.

=== Eye colour ===
The most common eye colours in felds are, by far, various shades of brown and amber. Blue and green are rarer, but known to exist.

== Evolution ==
Felds are the only extant member of genus ''[[Nemocyon]]'', part of the subfamily [[Nemocyoninae]], a sister clade to canines (wolves, dogs, jackals, coyotes...), and located under the family of canids. They share their subfamily with the lesser tree dogs, genus ''[[Parvocyon]]'', their closest extant relatives.
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        |1=[[wikipedia:Amphicyonidae|Amphicyonidae]]
        |2={{clade
           |label1=[[wikipedia:Canidae|Canidae]] (dog-like caniforms)
           |1={{clade
              |1=†[[wikipedia:Hesperocyoninae|Hesperocyoninae]]
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                 |1=†[[wikipedia:Borophaginae|Borophaginae]]
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                    |label2=[[Nemocyoninae]] (felds, tree dogs)
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                          |1=†''[[Nemocyon ancestor]]''
                          |label2=†''[[Nemocyon garrulus]]''
                          |2={{clade
                             |1=†''[[Nemocyon helufanensis]]''
                             |label2=†''[[Nemocyon dexter]]''
                             |2={{clade
                                |1='''''Nemocyon dimus'''''
                                }}
                             }}
                          }}
                       }}
                    }}
                 }}
              }}
           |label2=[[wikipedia:Arctoidea|Arctoidea]] (bear-like caniforms)
           |2=(bears, seals, mustelids...)
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         }}|style1=font-size:80%; line-height:80%|label1=[[wikipedia:Caniformia|Caniformia]] (dog-like carnivorans)
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