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Canis lupus
Linnaeus, 1758
- wolf
(mammal)
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Canis (Genus) - dogs, wolves, coyotes, and jackals
..Canis adustus (Species) - side-striped jackal
..†Canis arnensis (Species)
..Canis aureus (Species) - golden jackal
..†Canis davisi (Species)
..‡Canis dirus (Species) - dire wolf
..Canis latrans (Species) - coyote
..Canis mesomelas (Species) - black-backed jackal
..Canis simensis (Species) - Ethiopian wolf
..†Canis vitastensis (Species)
..†Theriodictis (Subgenus)
..Canis lupus (Species) - wolf
....Canis lupus albus (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus alces (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus arabs (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus arctos (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus baileyi (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus beothucus (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus bernardi (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus campestris (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus chanco (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus columbianus (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus crassodon (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus dingo (Subspecies) - domestic dog
....Canis lupus familiaris (Subspecies) - domestic dog
....Canis lupus filchnevi (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus floridanus (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus fuscus (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus gregoryi (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus griseoalbus (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus hattai (Subspecies)
....‡Canis lupus hodophilax (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus hudsonicus (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus irremotus (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus labradorius (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus ligoni (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus lupus (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus lycaon (Subspecies) - eastern Canadian wolf
....Canis lupus mackenzii (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus manningi (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus mogollonensis (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus monstrabilis (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus nubilus (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus occidentalis (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus orion (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus pallipes (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus pambasileus (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus rufus (Subspecies) - red wolf
....Canis lupus tundrarum (Subspecies)
....Canis lupus youngi (Subspecies)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name
:
Gesn. quadr.: 634.
Original name, rank, combination & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 39-40.
Unavailable original rank
:
Types
Type, by synonymy, of
:
Canis
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Canis lupus lupus
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Canis furlongi
Hay, 1927
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Canis lycaon
J. C. D. Schreber
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Canis milleri
(Merriam, 1912)
Ref:
PBDB
: 9 Dec 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Canis nubilus
T. Say in Long
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Canis pambasileus
Elliot, 1905
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Canis petrolei
Stock, 1938
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Canis tundrarum
Miller, 1912
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Lupus gigas
J. K. Townsend
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
wolf
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
wolf
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005
: 575.
:
gray wolf
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