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Canis familiaris (dog)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Canis familiaris was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Canis.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Canis familiaris Linnaeus p. 36
1860Canis familiaris Leidy p. 116
1875Canis familiaris Bourguignat
1885Pachycyon robustus Allen p. 4
1902Pachycyon robustus Hay p. 776
1911Canis familiaris Thomas p. 134
1978Canis familiaris van Gelder
1980Canis familiaris Kurten and Anderson p. 171
2009Canis familiaris Tedford et al. p. 104

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyCaninaeGill 1872
genusCanis
speciesfamiliaris

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 familiaris Linnaeus 1758 [dog]
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Canis familiaris sagax Linnaeus 1758
Invalid names: Pachycyon robustus Allen 1885 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available