Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 ...

• Main Authors: Wilson, Don E., Mittermeier, Russel A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Carnivora; Canidae; Canis; Canis lupus; Arctic; antartic*; gray wolf; Tundra; loup gris; Lynx
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8003708; https://zenodo.org/record/8003708

1. Gray Wolf Canis lupus French: Loup gris / German: Wolf / Spanish: Lobo Other common names: Wolf, Timber Wolf, Tundra Wolf, Arctic Wolf Taxonomy. Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden. There have been two recent proposals for major taxonomic changes to the Gray Wolf in North America. One proposal, used in this account, reduces twenty-four North American subspecies to five. The other proposal is that molecular genetics data supports the theory that the Gray Wolves in eastern North America now classified as the subspecies lycaon evolved in North America and not in Eurasia. Canis lycaon has been proposed as the name of the Gray Wolf believed to have evolved in North America. Australasian Dingoes dingo, which evolved from a primitive dog transported to Australia by Asian seafarers about 4000 years ago, are here considered as a Gray Wolf subspecies. Earlier listed as C. antarticus or C. familiaris dingo. Today, the wild Dingo population comprises Dingoes, feral dogs, and hybrids of the two. The two Japanese ... : Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Mittermeier, Russel A., 2011, Mammals of the World, Barcelona :Lynx Editions on page 413, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15694 ...