Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 (gray wolf)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Synonyms: Aenocyon milleri Merriam 1912, Canis chanco Gray 1863, Canis furlongi Hay 1927, Canis hodophilax Temminck 1839, Canis lycaon Schreber 1775, Canis milleri Merriam 1912, Canis niger Sclater 1874, Canis nubilus Say 1823, Canis occidentalis Richardson 1829, Canis pallipes Sykes 1831, Canis pambasileus Elliot 1905, Canis petrolei Stock 1938, Canis tundrarum Miller 1912, Canis variabilis Wied-Neuwied 1841, Lupus altaicus Noak 1911, Lupus chanco Gray 1863, Lupus filchneri Matschie 1908, Lupus gigas Townsend 1850, Lupus karanorensis Matschie 1908, Lupus laniger Hodgson 1847, Lupus occidentalis Richardson 1829, Lupus orientalis Wagner 1841, Lupus tschiliensis Matschie 1908

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Canis according to G. D. Koufos 2022

See also Bertram and Biewener 1990, Boule and De Villeneuve 1927, Bourguignat 1875, Elftman 1931, Goodman and Pidgeon 1999, Hall 1981, Hay 1902, Jiangzuo et al. 2018, Kurten 1968, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Leidy 1873, Linnaeus 1758, Martin 1974, Mech 1974, Merriam 1918, Miller 1976, Nowak 1979, Schultz 1938, Schultz and Howard 1935, Tedford et al. 2009, Thomas 1911, van Gelder 1978, Wang et al. 2008 and Wilson 1967

Sister taxa: Canis (Epicyon), Canis accitanus, Canis adoxus, Canis apolloniensis, Canis armbrusteri, Canis arnensis, Canis aureus, Canis borjgali, Canis cana, Canis cedazoensis, Canis ceylonicus, Canis chihliensis, Canis cipio, Canis culpaeus, Canis dingo, Canis edwardii, Canis etruscus, Canis familiaris, Canis feneus, Canis geismarianus, Canis gezi, Canis hewitti, Canis incertus, Canis latidentatus, Canis latrans, Canis lepophagus, Canis longdanensis, Canis lupaster, Canis lydekkeri, Canis megamastoides, Canis michauxi, Canis monticinensis, Canis mosbachensis, Canis osorum, Canis othmanii, Canis palaeoplatensis, Canis palmidens, Canis proplatensis, Canis rufus, Canis sechurae, Canis senezensis, Canis simensis, Canis tarijensis, Canis teilhardi, Canis thooides, Canis troglodytes, Canis variabilis, Canis vetulus, Nyctereutes terblanchei

Subtaxa: Canis occidentalis furlongi

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), Canada (7: Alberta, Manitoba, Nunavut, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Yukon), China (2), the Czech Republic (3), France (9), Germany (10), Greece (9), Greenland (1), Hungary (2), Italy (17), Japan (4), Kazakhstan (1), Mexico (2), Monaco (1), the Netherlands (2), North Atlantic (1), Norway (1), Poland (1), Portugal (2), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (9), Sudan (1), Tajikistan (2), Turkey (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (26: Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Montana, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming)

• Pliocene of Hungary (1), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 124 collections including 125 occurrences

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