Taxon profile

genus

Canis Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates » class Mammalia - mammals » order Carnivora - carnivores » family Canidae - dogs and allies » subfamily Caninae

Scientific synonyms

Aenocyon Merriam, 1918

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Included taxa

Number of records: 24

species Canis adustus Sundevall, 1847 - Side-striped Jackal

species Canis aureus Linnaeus, 1758 - Golden Jackal

species Canis himalayensis Aggarwal, Kivisild, Ramadevi & Singh, 2007 - Himalayan Wolf

species Canis latrans Say, 1823 - Coyote
Quaternary: Lower Pleistocene – recent

species Canis lupaster Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1832 - African Golden Wolf

species Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758 - wolf
Quaternary: Upper Pleistocene – recent

species Canis mesomelas Schreber, 1775 - Black-backed Jackal

species Canis rufus Audubon & Bachman, 1851 - Red Wolf

species Canis simensis Rüppell, 1840 - Simian

Fossil taxa

species Canis antonii Zdansky, 1924 ^†
Tertiary: Pliocene

species Canis apolloniensis Koufos & Kostopoulos, 1997 ^†
Quaternary: Lower Pleistocene

species Canis armbrusteri Gidley, 1913 ^†
Quaternary: Lower Pleistocene – Chibanian

species Canis arnensis Del Campana, 1913 ^†

species Canis cautleyi Pilgrim, 1932 ^†

species Canis cedazoensis Mooser & Dalquest, 1975 ^†

species Canis chihliensis Zdansky, 1924 ^†

species Canis davisii Merriam, 1911 ^†

species Canis dirus Leidy, 1858 - Dire Wolf ^†
Quaternary: Chibanian – Upper Pleistocene

species Canis edwardii Gazin, 1942 ^†

species Canis etruscus Forsyth-Major, 1877 ^†
Tertiary: Piacenzian – Quaternary: Lower Pleistocene

species Canis kuruksaensis Sotnikova, 1989 ^†

species Canis lepophagus Miller & Carranza-Castaneda, 1998 ^†

species Canis pinjorensis Gaur, 1987 ^† ^inc.sed.

species Canis terblanchei Broom ^†

Links and literature

The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1282727]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [http://www.irmng.org] [as Canis Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019

Australian Faunal Directory [d1fdd221-4242-4814-8d5e-55ccd7f6214a]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Canis Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 8 February 2015

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^† extinct taxon

^inc.sed. incertae sedis - uncertain placement within this taxon

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