Canis Linnaeus 1758
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Reeder, DeeAnn
Publisher: name: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Canidae
Canis

description: Canis Linnaeus 1758
Canis Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 38.
Type Species: Canis familiaris Linnaeus 1758
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.
Species and subspecies: 6 species with 79 subspecies:
Species Canis adustus Sundevall 1847
Subspecies Canis adustus subsp. adustus Sundevall 1847
Subspecies Canis adustus subsp. bweha Heller 1914
Subspecies Canis adustus subsp. grayi Hilzheimer 1906
Subspecies Canis adustus subsp. kaffensis Neumann 1902
Subspecies Canis adustus subsp. lateralis P. L. Sclater 1870
Subspecies Canis adustus subsp. notatus Heller 1914
Species Canis aureus Linnaeus 1758
Subspecies Canis aureus subsp. aureus Linnaeus 1758
Subspecies Canis aureus subsp. algirensis Wagner 1841
Subspecies Canis aureus subsp. anthus F. Cuvier 1820
Subspecies Canis aureus subsp. bea Heller 1914
Subspecies Canis aureus subsp. cruesemanni Matschie 1900
Subspecies Canis aureus subsp. ecsedensis Kretzoi 1947
Subspecies Canis aureus subsp. indicus Hodgson 1833
Subspecies Canis aureus subsp. lupaster Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1833
Subspecies Canis aureus subsp. moreotica I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1835
Subspecies Canis aureus subsp. naria Wroughton 1916
Subspecies Canis aureus subsp. riparius Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1832
Subspecies Canis aureus subsp. soudanicus Thomas 1903
Subspecies Canis aureus subsp. syriacus Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1833
Species Canis latrans Say 1823
Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. latrans Say 1823
Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. cagottis C. E. H. Smith 1839
Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. clepticus Elliot 1903
Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. dickeyi Nelson 1932
Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. frustror Woodhouse 1851
Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. goldmani Merriam 1904
Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. hondurensis Goldman 1936
Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. impavidus J. A. Allen 1903
Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. incolatus Hall 1934
Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. jamesi Townsend 1912
Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. lestes Merriam 1897
Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. mearnsi Merriam 1897
Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. microdon Merriam 1897
Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. ochropus Eschscholtz 1829
Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. peninsulae Merriam 1897
Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. texensis Bailey 1905
Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. thamnos Jackson 1949
Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. umpquensis Jackson 1949
Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. vigilis Merriam 1897
Species Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. lupus Linnaeus 1758
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. albus Kerr 1792
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. alces Goldman 1941
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. arabs Pocock 1934
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. arctos Pocock 1935
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. baileyi Nelson and Goldman 1929
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. beothucus G. M. Allen and Barbour 1937
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. bernardi Anderson 1943
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. campestris Dwigubski 1804
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. chanco Gray 1863
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. columbianus Goldman 1941
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. crassodon Hall 1932
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. dingo Meyer 1793
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. familiaris Linnaeus 1758
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. floridanus Miller 1912
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. fuscus Richardson 1839
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. gregoryi Goldman 1937
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. griseoalbus Baird 1858
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. hattai Kishida 1931
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. hodophilax Temminck 1839
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. hudsonicus Goldman 1941
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. irremotus Goldman 1937
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. labradorius Goldman 1937
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. ligoni Goldman 1937
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. lycaon Schreber 1775
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. mackenzii Anderson 1943
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. manningi Anderson 1943
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. mogollonensis Goldman 1937
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. monstrabilis Goldman 1937
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. nubilus Say 1823
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. occidentalis Richardson 1829
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. orion Pocock 1935
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. pallipes Sykes 1831
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. pambasileus Elliot 1905
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. rufus Audubon and Bachman 1851
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. tundrarum Miller 1912
Subspecies Canis lupus subsp. youngi Goldman 1937
Species Canis mesomelas Schreber 1775
Subspecies Canis mesomelas subsp. mesomelas Schreber 1775
Subspecies Canis mesomelas subsp. schmidti Noack 1897
Species Canis simensis Rüppell 1840
Subspecies Canis simensis subsp. simensis Rüppell 1840
Subspecies Canis simensis subsp. citernii de Beaux 1922
Discussion: Van Gelder (1978) included Alopex, Atelocynus, Cerdocyon, Pseudalopex, Lycalopex, Dusicyon, and Vulpes as subgenera, however, this arrangement is not currently employed by most mammalogists (Berta, 1987, 1988; Corbet, 1978; Corbet and Hill, 1980; Gromov and Baranova, 1981; Hall, 1981; McKenna and Bell, 1997; Wozencraft, 1989). Synonyms allocated according to McKenna and Bell (1997).
description: Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, pp. 532-628 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 574, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519