List of Canis species and subspecies

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The following is a list of of Canis species and subspecies.

[edit] Living species and subspecies

Side-striped Jackal Golden Jackal Coyote
C. adustus C. aureus C. latrans
C. adustus adustus C. aureus algirensis C. latrans cagottis
C. adustus bweha C. aureus anthus C. latrans clepticus
C. adustus gray C. aureus aureus C. latrans dickeyi
C. adustus kaffensis C. aureus bea C. latrans frustror
C. adustus lateralis C. aureus cruesemanni C. latrans goldmani
C. adustus notatus C. aureus indicus C. latrans hondurensis
C. aureus lupaster C. latrans impavidus
C. aureus moreotica C. latrans incolatus
C. aureus naria C. latrans jamesi
C. aureus riparius C. latrans latrans
C. aureus soudanicus C. latrans lestes
C. aureus syriacus C. latrans mearnsi
C. latrans microdon
C. latrans ochropus
C. latrans peninsulae
C. latrans texensis
C. latrans thamnos
C. latrans umpquensis
C. latrans vigilis


Gray Wolf Black-backed Jackal Ethiopian Wolf
C. lupus C. mesomelas C. simensis
C. lupus albus C. mesomelas mesomelas C. simensis citernii
C. lupus alces C. mesomelas schmidti C. simensis simensis
C. lupus arabs
C. lupus arctos
C. lupus baileyi
C. lupus beothucus
C. lupus bernardi
C. lupus campestris
C. lupus chanco
C. lupus columbianus
C. lupus crassodon
C. lupus dingo
C. lupus familiaris (dogs)
C. lupus floridanus
C. lupus fuscus
C. lupus gregoryi
C. lupus griseoalbus
C. lupus hattai
C. lupus hodophilax
C. lupus hudsonicus
C. lupus irremotus
C. lupus labradorius
C. lupus ligoni
C. lupus lupus
C. lupus lycaon
C. lupus mackenzii
C. lupus manningi
C. lupus mogollonensis
C. lupus monstrabilis
C. lupus nubilus
C. lupus occidentalis
C. lupus orion
C. lupus pallipes
C. lupus pambasileus
C. lupus tundrarum
C. lupus youngi


Red Wolf
C. rufus rufus
C. rufus floridanus
C. rupus gregoryi


[edit] Prehistoric species

Common names from Kurtén and Anderson.[1]

  • C. acutus
  • C. antiquus
  • C. apolloniensis
  • C. armbrusteri (Armbrusters Wolf)
  • C. arnensis
  • C. atrox
  • C. avus
  • C. brachypus
  • C. brevirostris
  • C. cautleyi
  • C. cedazoensis (Cedazo Dog)
  • C. chiliensis
  • C. cipio
  • C. dirus (Dire Wolf)
  • C. edwardii
  • C. etruscus
  • C. ferox
  • C. khomenkoi
  • C. kuruksaensis
  • C. lepophagus (Johnston's Coyote)
  • C. lupaster
  • C. majori
  • C. medius
  • C. michauxi
  • C. moreni
  • C. mosbachensis
  • C. nehringi
  • C. neschersensis
  • C. palaeoplatensis
  • C. petenyi
  • C. protoplatensis
  • C. robustus
  • C. strandi
  • C. suessi
  • C. terblanchei
  • C. ursinus
  • C. variabilis
  • C. velaunus
  • C. volgensis
  • C. yuanmoensis

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kurtén, B. and E. Anderson (1980). Pleistocene Mammals of North America. Columbia University Press. ISBN: 0231037333.