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Canis lupus (gray wolf)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Canis lupus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Canis lupus Linnaeus p. 39
1775Canis lycaon Schreber
1823Canis nubilus Say
1829Canis occidentalis Richardson
1831Canis pallipes Sykes
1839Canis hodophilax Temminck
1841Lupus orientalis Wagner
1841Canis variabilis Wied-Neuwied
1847Lupus laniger Hodgson
1850Lupus gigas Townsend
1863Canis chanco Gray
1873Canis occidentalis Leidy p. 230
1874Canis niger Sclater p. 654
1875Lupus chanco Bourguignat
1875Lupus occidentalis Bourguignat
1902Canis occidentalis Hay p. 776
1905Canis pambasileus Elliot
1908Lupus filchneri Matschie
1908Lupus karanorensis Matschie
1908Lupus tschiliensis Matschie
1911Lupus altaicus Noak
1911Canis lupus Thomas p. 134
1912Canis milleri Merriam
1912Canis occidentalis Merriam
1912Canis milleri Merriam p. 247 figs. Figures 27-31
1912Canis tundrarum Miller
1918Aenocyon milleri Merriam
1927Canis lupus Boule and De Villeneuve p. 50 figs. Pl 7
1927Canis furlongi Hay
1931Canis occidentalis Elftman p. 7
1935Canis nubilus Schultz and Howard p. 284
1938Canis petrolei Stock
1967Canis lupus Wilson p. 211
1968Canis lupus Kurten p. 109
1974Canis lupus Mech
1978Canis lupus van Gelder
1980Canis lupus Kurten and Anderson p. 169
1999Canis lupus Goodman and Pidgeon p. 261
2008Canis lupus Wang et al.
2009Canis lupus Tedford et al. p. 148
2018Canis lupus Jiangzuo et al. p. 95
2022Canis lupus 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
specieslupus

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 lupus Linnaeus 1758 [gray wolf]
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Invalid names: Canis chanco Gray 1863 [synonym], Canis furlongi Hay 1927 [synonym], Canis hodophilax Temminck 1839 [synonym], Canis lycaon Schreber 1775 [synonym], Canis milleri Merriam 1912 [synonym], Canis niger Sclater 1874 [synonym], Canis nubilus Say 1823 [synonym], Canis occidentalis Richardson 1829 [synonym], Canis pallipes Sykes 1831 [synonym], Canis pambasileus Elliot 1905 [synonym], Canis petrolei Stock 1938 [synonym], Canis tundrarum Miller 1912 [synonym], Canis variabilis Wied-Neuwied 1841 [synonym], Lupus altaicus Noak 1911 [synonym], Lupus filchneri Matschie 1908 [synonym], Lupus gigas Townsend 1850 [synonym], Lupus karanorensis Matschie 1908 [synonym], Lupus laniger Hodgson 1847 [synonym], Lupus orientalis Wagner 1841 [synonym], Lupus tschiliensis Matschie 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available