Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Carnivora - (Family) Canidae

Descendants

Canis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 101.

Original position

Canis (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Canis (Subgenus) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Canis (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 575.

Alternative positions

Canis (Canis) (Subgenus) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: R. Altevogt et al., 1973 (1972): 691.

Historical positions

Carnivora (Clade) Bowdich 1821	Ref: M.A. O'Leary et al., 2013: table S2 (p. 86). [rough position]
Canis (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 575-577.
Canis (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 280-281.
Canis (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 101.
Canis (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1040.
Canis (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Canis (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 39-40. [new combination]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	37ss;259v; ‡1ss;1v
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 2 Dec 2014	[37ss; ‡1ss]
2005	W.C. Wozencraft: 576	[38ss]