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Canis lupus  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 180596

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Wolf [English]
  
    Gray Wolf [English]
  
    Lobo gris [Spanish]
  
    loup [French]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderCarnivora Bowdich, 1821 – cachorro do mato, carnívoro, gato do mato, lontra, carnivores, carnivores  
                                  SuborderCaniformia Kretzoi, 1938 – dog-like carnivores  
                                     FamilyCanidae G. Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 – coyotes, dogs, foxes, jackals, wolves  
                                        GenusCanis Linnaeus, 1758 – dogs, foxes, jackals  
                                           SpeciesCanis lupus Linnaeus, 1758 – Wolf, Gray Wolf, Lobo gris, loup  
    Direct Children:  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus albus Kerr, 1792  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus alces Goldman, 1941  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus arabs Pocock, 1934  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus arctos Pocock, 1935  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus baileyi Nelson and Goldman, 1929  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus beothucus G. M. Allen and Barbour, 1937  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus bernardi Anderson, 1943  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus campestris Dwigubski, 1804  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus chanco Gray, 1863  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus columbianus Goldman, 1941  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus crassodon Hall, 1932  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus dingo Meyer, 1793 – dingo 
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus familiaris Linnaeus, 1758 – domestic dog 
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus filchneri (Matschie, 1907)  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus floridanus Miller, 1912  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus fuscus Richardson, 1839  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus gregoryi Goldman, 1937  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus griseoalbus Baird, 1858  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus hattai Kishida, 1931  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus hodophilax Temminck, 1839  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus hudsonicus Goldman, 1941  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus irremotus Goldman, 1937  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus labradorius Goldman, 1937  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus ligoni Goldman, 1937  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus lupus Linnaeus, 1758  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus lycaon Schreber, 1775  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus mackenzii Anderson, 1943  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus manningi Anderson, 1943  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus mogollonensis Goldman, 1937  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus monstrabilis Goldman, 1937  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus nubilus Say, 1823  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus occidentalis Richardson, 1829  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus orion Pocock, 1935  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus pallipes Sykes, 1831  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus pambasileus Elliot, 1905  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus rufus Audubon and Bachman, 1851  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus tundrarum Miller, 1912  
                                              SubspeciesCanis lupus youngi Goldman, 1937  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner   
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Canis lupus    
       
  Expert: W. Christopher Wozencraft   
  Notes: Division of Natural Sciences, Bethel College, 1001 W. McKinley Ave., Mishawaka, IN 46545   
  Reference for: Canis lupus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: CDP, database (version 1999)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gray Wolf[English], loup [French]   
       
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Lobo gris[Spanish]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Canis lupus   
       
  Source: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program-03/01, website (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: http://www.fws.gov/endangered/   
  Reference for: Canis lupus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner   
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Canis lupus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Canis lupus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Canis lupus, Wolf [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole   
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Canis lupus, Gray Wolf [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Australia  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Middle America  
    Southern Asia  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
    Canada, Native  
    Alaska, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Comments: Opinion 2027 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (March, 2003a) ruled that lupus is not invalid by virtue of being pre-dated by a name based on a domestic form. Includes the domestic dog as a subspecies, with the dingo provisionally separate--artificial variants created by domestication and selective breeding (Vilá et al., 1999; Wayne and Ostrander, 1999; Savolainen et al., 2002). Although this may stretch the subspecies concept, it retains the...  
 

 

    


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