Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 244-289 : 245

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scientific name

Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758
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Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:39 View Cited Treatment .

TYPE LOCALITY: Sweden, Uppsala .

DISTRIBUTION: North America south to 20° N., in Oaxaca ( Mexico); Europe; Asia, including the Arabian Peninsula and Japan; not in the Indochinese peninsula or southern India.

COMMENT: Probably ancestor of and conspecific with the domestic dog, familiaris, (RGVG); familiaris has page priority over lupus in Linnaeus, 1758, but both were published simultaneously, and lupus has been universally used for this species. Extinct in much of its former range (AL). Reviewed by Meeh, 1974, Mamm. Species, 37:1-6.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I as C. lupus (Indian, Pakistan, Bhutan, and Nepal populations only).

CITES - Appendix II (all populations not listed on Appendix I) U.S. ESA - Endangered, 48 conterminous states (other than Minnesota) and Mexico. U.S. ESA - Threatened, Minnesota populations only.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412001003005001 as C. lupus .

5301412001003003001 as C. familiaris.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

Family

Canidae

Genus

Canis

Loc

Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl 1982
1982
Loc

Canis lupus

Linnaeus 1758: 39
1758
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