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Simenia simensis (Ethiopian wolf)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Simenia simensis was named by Rüppell (1835). It is extant.

It was recombined as Canis simensis by van Gelder (1978) and Wang et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Simenia simensis Rüppell
1978Canis simensis van Gelder
2008Canis simensis Wang et al.

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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
genusSimeniaGray
speciessimensisRüppell 1835

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.

Simenia simensis Rüppell 1835 [Ethiopian wolf]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available