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Canis etruscus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Canis etruscus was named by Forsyth Major (1877).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. kronstadtensis, C. multicuspus, C. ocropus, C. orientalis

Synonyms
  • Canis olivolanus was named by Del Campana (1913). It is not extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Canis etruscus by Torre (1967) and Koufos (2022).
  • Canis majori was named by Del Campana (1913) [year is made up].

    It was recombined as Cuon majori by Del Campana (1900) and Kurten (1968); it was synonymized subjectively with Canis etruscus by Torre (1967) and Koufos (2022).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Canis etruscus Forsyth Major
1900Cuon majori Del Campana
1913Canis majori Del Campana
1913Canis olivolanus Del Campana
1968Cuon majori Kurten
1968Canis etruscus Kurten p. 109
2008Canis etruscus Wang et al.
2022Canis etruscus Koufos

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyCaninaeGill 1872
genusCanis
speciesetruscusForsyth Major 1877

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Canis etruscus Forsyth Major 1877
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Invalid names: Canis majori Del Campana 1913 [synonym], Canis olivolanus Del Campana 1913 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available