Canis

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Canis lupus

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Caniformia
Familia: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species: C. adustus - C. aureus - †C. dirus - C. hallstromi - C. latrans - C. lupus - C. mesomelas - C. simensis - †C. ursinus

[edit] Name

Canis Linnaeus, 1758

Type species: Canis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758 (= Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758), by Linnean tautonomy (Melville and Smith, 1987).

[edit] Synonyms

• Alopedon Hilzheimer, 1906
• Alopsis Rafinesque, 1815
• Chaon C. E. H. Smith, 1839
• Dasycyon Krumbiegel, 1953
• Dieba Bray, 1869
• Lupulella Hilzheimer, 1906
• Lupulus Gervais, 1855
• Lupus Oken, 1816
• Lyciscus C. E. H. Smith, 1839
• Mamcanisus Herrera, 1899
• Neocyon Gray, 1868
• Oreocyon Krumbiegel, 1949
• Oxygous Hodgson, 1841
• Sacalius C. E. H. Smith, 1839
• Schaeffia Hilzheimer, 1906
• Simenia Gray, 1868
• Thos Oken, 1816
• Vulpicanis de Blainville, 1837

[edit] Reference

• Linnaeus, C. Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 38.
• Canis on Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• Koler-Matznick J. (2003). An Updated Description of the New Guinea Singing Dog Canis Hallstromi Troughton 1957. J. Zoology, London 261:1-10.
• Canis Linnaeus, 1758 Report on ITIS

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