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Taxonomy
Canis lupus variabilis was named by Pei (1934).
It was recombined as Canis variabilis by Teilhard de Chardin and Pei (1941), Sotnikova (2001), Wang et al. (2008) and Tedford et al. (2009); it was recombined as Canis mosbachensis variabilis by Jiangzuo et al. (2018).
It was recombined as Canis variabilis by Teilhard de Chardin and Pei (1941), Sotnikova (2001), Wang et al. (2008) and Tedford et al. (2009); it was recombined as Canis mosbachensis variabilis by Jiangzuo et al. (2018).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1934 | Canis cyonoides Pei |
| 1934 | Canis lupus variabilis Pei |
| 1941 | Canis variabilis Teilhard de Chardin and Pei |
| 2001 | Canis variabilis Sotnikova |
| 2008 | Canis variabilis Wang et al. |
| 2009 | Canis variabilis Tedford et al. |
| 2018 | Canis mosbachensis variabilis Jiangzuo et al. |
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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 variabilis Pei 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Mongolia | Canis variabilis (71060) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Russian Federation (Western Transbaikalia) | Canis variabilis (40266) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | China (Beijing) | Canis variabilis (231076) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | China (Hubei) | Canis variabilis (92787) |