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Canis latrans (coyote)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Canis latrans was named by Say (1823). It is extant.

It was recombined as Chrysocyon latrans by Bourguignat (1875).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1823Canis latrans Say
1829Canis ochropus Eschscholtz
1839Lyciscus cagottis Hamilton-Smith
1851Canis frustror Woodhouse
1875Chrysocyon latrans Bourguignat
1897Canis estor Merriam
1897Canis lestes Merriam
1897Canis mearnsi Merriam
1897Canis microdon Merriam
1897Canis peninsulae Merriam
1897Canis vigilis Merriam
1898Canis nebrascensis Merriam
1902Canis latrans Hay p. 775
1903Canis impavidus Allen
1903Canis clepticus Eliot
1904Canis goldmani Merriam
1910Canis andersoni Merriam
1910Canis orcutti Merriam
1910Canis andersoni Merriam p. 393
1912Canis jamesi Townsend
1917Canis riviveronis Hay
1931Canis lestes Elftman p. 7
1935Canis latrans Schultz and Howard p. 284
1935Canis microdon Schultz and Howard p. 284
1936Canis hondurensis Goldman
1942Canis caneloensis Skinner
1951Canis irvingtonensis Savage
1966Canis latrans Slaughter p. 479
1966Canis andersoni Slaughter p. 480
1966Canis caneloensis Slaughter p. 480
1978Canis latrans van Gelder
1980Canis latrans Kurten and Anderson p. 167
2008Canis latrans Wang et al.
2009Canis latrans Tedford et al. p. 131 figs. 40, 43, 44, 49A–H, 50–52; appendices 2–4
2018Canis latrans Eshelman et al. p. 8
2019Canis latrans Albright et al. p. 173

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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
specieslatransSay 1823

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 latrans Say 1823 [coyote]
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Invalid names: Canis andersoni Merriam 1910 [synonym], Canis caneloensis Skinner 1942 [synonym], Canis clepticus Eliot 1903 [synonym], Canis estor Merriam 1897 [synonym], Canis frustror Woodhouse 1851 [synonym], Canis goldmani Merriam 1904 [synonym], Canis hondurensis Goldman 1936 [synonym], Canis impavidus Allen 1903 [synonym], Canis irvingtonensis Savage 1951 [synonym], Canis jamesi Townsend 1912 [synonym], Canis lestes Merriam 1897 [synonym], Canis mearnsi Merriam 1897 [synonym], Canis microdon Merriam 1897 [synonym], Canis nebrascensis Merriam 1898 [synonym], Canis ochropus Eschscholtz 1829 [synonym], Canis orcutti Merriam 1910 [synonym], Canis peninsulae Merriam 1897 [synonym], Canis riviveronis Hay 1917 [synonym], Canis vigilis Merriam 1897 [synonym], Lyciscus cagottis Hamilton-Smith 1839 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available