Canis lupus

Linnaeus, 1758

Gray Wolf

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Canoidea
Family : Canidae
Genus : Canis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033831

Original name as described

Canis lupus

Other common names

Wolf · Timber Wolf · Tundra Wolf · Arctic Wolf

Type locality

Sweden.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Palearctic

Country distribution

Portugal · Spain · France · Luxembourg · Belgium · Netherlands · Germany · Denmark · Switzerland · Liechtenstein · Italy · Austria · Czech Republic · Poland · Slovakia · Hungary · Slovenia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Serbia · Kosovo · Montenegro · Albania · North Macedonia · Greece · Bulgaria · Romania · Moldova · Ukraine · Belarus · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Norway · Sweden · Finland · Russia · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Turkey · Syria · Lebanon · Israel · Palestine · Jordan · Saudi Arabia · Qatar · United Arab Emirates · Oman · Yemen · Kuwait · Iraq · Iran · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Tajikistan · Afghanistan · Pakistan · India · Nepal · Bhutan · Bangladesh? · Myanmar · China · Mongolia · North Korea · South Korea · Canada · Greenland · United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(AK,WA,OR,ID,MT,WY,AZ,NM)

Taxonomy notes

previously included C. lycaon and C. rufus; wild form of Canis familiaris

Taxonomy notes citation

Gentry, A., Clutton-Brock, J., & Groves, C. P. (2004). The naming of wild animal species and their domestic derivatives. Journal of Archaeological Science, 31(5), 645-651. · vonHoldt, B. M., Cahill, J. A., Fan, Z., Gronau, I., Robinson, J., Pollinger, J. P., Shapiro, B., ... & Wayne, R. K. (2016). Whole-genome sequence analysis shows that two endemic species of North American wolf are admixtures of the coyote and gray wolf. Science Advances, 2(7), e1501714.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005943

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Canis lupus coreanus

Y. Abe, 1923

Family

Canidae

Root name

coreanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Abe (unnumbered)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

383

Authority publication

Zoological Magazine, Tokyo

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lupus gigas

(Townsend, 1850)

Family

Canidae

Root name

gigas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 589, ANSP 590, ANSP 2266

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

75

Authority publication

Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis pallipes

Sykes, 1831

Family

Canidae

Root name

pallipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1842.8.6.2, BMNH:Mamm:1843.4.6.60

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/175bc8f1-6b65-4e21-8a92-363b5e635bbc

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861509

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:43) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Blyth (1863:39, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534701) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  3. Stoliczka (1872:227, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37137943) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67309)

Canis lupus arctos

Pocock, 1935

Family

Canidae

Root name

arctos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.11.26.74

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/59c0413e-35f2-439b-b11e-fd1b866347f3

Authority page

682

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Canis chanco

J. E. Gray, 1863

Family

Canidae

Root name

chanco

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1863.3.20.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/533382e0-11d0-42be-90ad-34bbde4ab208

Authority page

475

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27660198

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Canis niger

P. L. Sclater, 1875

Family

Canidae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1875.4.10.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0f79c03d-39a2-4bda-96e8-e56b012e81d6

Authority page

655

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28502858

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus rex

Pocock, 1935

Family

Canidae

Root name

rex

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1886.11.18.1

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

659

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus orion

Pocock, 1935

Family

Canidae

Root name

orion

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.3.5.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/76b07749-be6b-4f65-be76-eca37907b4a9

Authority page

683

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus arabs

Pocock, 1934

Family

Canidae

Root name

arabs

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1934.8.4.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/326ee971-e466-4875-b4ba-0c62146be76c

Authority page

636

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon anglicus

(Lydekker, 1884)

Family

Canidae

Root name

anglicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

BMNH:PV:OR 40950

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

443

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32520354

Authority publication

Geological Magazine

Canis lupus manningi

R. M. Anderson, 1943

Family

Canidae

Root name

manningi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CMN 17236

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

392

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus mackenzii

R. M. Anderson, 1943

Family

Canidae

Root name

mackenzii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CMN 2792

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

388

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus bernardi

R. M. Anderson, 1943

Family

Canidae

Root name

bernardi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CMN 2796

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

389

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis pambasileus

D. G. Elliot, 1905

Family

Canidae

Root name

pambasileus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:13481

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=45c205f0-b596-48f1-826c-7a2a8929c23f

Authority page

79

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2265547

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Canis lupus maximus

Boudadi-Maligne, 2012

Family

Canidae

Root name

maximus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FSL 300422

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

476

Authority publication

Comptes Rendus Palevol

Canis lupus barnensis

Sonakia & S. Biswas, 2011

Family

Canidae

Root name

barnensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

GSIN A1256/CRV

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

54

Authority publication

Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Palaeontologia Indica

Lupus Sticte

(J. Richardson, 1829)

Family

Canidae

Root name

sticte

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

68

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27984558

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus beothucus

G. M. Allen & T. Barbour, 1937

Family

Canidae

Root name

beothucus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:BOM-351

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BOM-351

Authority page

230

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus cristaldii

Angelici & L. Rossi, 2018

Family

Canidae

Root name

cristaldii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MF 1891-Coll.652-1884

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

5

Authority publication

Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona

Canis lupus signatus

Cabrera, 1907

Family

Canidae

Root name

signatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNCN 370

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

195

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1766231

Authority publication

Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis occidentalis crassodon

E. R. Hall, 1932

Family

Canidae

Root name

crassodon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:12456

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:12456

Authority page

420

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Canis lupus columbianus

E. A. Goldman, 1941

Family

Canidae

Root name

columbianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RBCM 3559

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

110

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34599263

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis hodophilax

Temminck, 1839

Family

Canidae

Root name

hodophilax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.52994.a, RMNH.MAM.52994.b

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.52994.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.52994.b

Authority page

284

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13475078

Authority publication

Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie

Name usages

Temminck (1843:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607666) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38350)

Lupus japonicus

(Nehring, 1885)

Family

Canidae

Root name

japonicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum · preoccupied

Type

RMNH.MAM.52994.a, RMNH.MAM.52994.b

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.52994.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.52994.b

Authority page

141

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7974271

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis milleri

J. C. Merriam, 1912

Family

Canidae

Root name

milleri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UCMP:V:11257

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://ucmpdb.berkeley.edu/cgi/ucmp_query2?spec_id=V11257&one=T

Authority page

247

Authority publication

Memoirs of the University of California

Canis occidentalis furlongi

J. C. Merriam, 1910

Family

Canidae

Root name

furlongi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UCMP:V:11283

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://ucmpdb.berkeley.edu/cgi/ucmp_query2?spec_id=V11283&one=T

Authority page

393

Authority publication

University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology

Canis lupus alces

E. A. Goldman, 1941

Family

Canidae

Root name

alces

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:147471

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3aa177c7a-4f98-41be-87e0-06657f819a8d

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34599262

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus hudsonicus

E. A. Goldman, 1941

Family

Canidae

Root name

hudsonicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:180281

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3144febb3-4298-4881-b914-fae87d92961a

Authority page

112

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34599265

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus monstrabilis

E. A. Goldman, 1937

Family

Canidae

Root name

monstrabilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:209497

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37acdcef5-ab33-4be4-99bc-ce38ed6730cb

Authority page

42

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus irremotus

E. A. Goldman, 1937

Family

Canidae

Root name

irremotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:214869

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3572d9bad-2fd4-4ea2-ad9a-cd32b836b631

Authority page

41

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus youngi

E. A. Goldman, 1937

Family

Canidae

Root name

youngi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:224001

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/367b29b8b-0382-41c7-8f63-11c020b09163

Authority page

40

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus mogollonensis

E. A. Goldman, 1937

Family

Canidae

Root name

mogollonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:224548

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d88292dc-c93e-44d9-b51a-49ec43f7748c

Authority page

43

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus ligoni

E. A. Goldman, 1937

Family

Canidae

Root name

ligoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:243323

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/328bee12b-1699-49c9-8c4d-341f986c8a2a

Authority page

39

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis nubilus baileyi

E. W. Nelson & E. A. Goldman, 1929

Family

Canidae

Root name

baileyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:98312

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34e09fa9e-8584-4999-a2ab-7ed8ae530a9f

Authority page

165

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Canis tundrarum

G. S. Miller, 1912

Family

Canidae

Root name

tundrarum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:A16748

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fa16f367-19da-41e5-b61b-5556c622085d

Authority page

1 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8814861

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Canis lupus labradorius

E. A. Goldman, 1937

Family

Canidae

Root name

labradorius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:A23136

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f67d45f1-b02b-4e91-b1b4-a8b1aa95d6cc

Authority page

38

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus brevis

Kuzmina & Sablin, 1995

Family

Canidae

Root name

brevis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN 34327

Type kind

holotype

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS

Canis lupus turuchanensis

Ognev, 1922

Family

Canidae

Root name

turuchanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-5602

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-5602

Authority page

115

Authority publication

Биологические Известия государственного научно-исследовательского института им. Тимирязева

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus cubanensis

Ognev, 1922

Family

Canidae

Root name

cubanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

114

Authority publication

Биологические Известия государственного научно-исследовательского института им. Тимирязева

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Canis lupus hattai

Kishida, 1931

Family

Canidae

Root name

hattai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

73

Authority publication

Lansania

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus griseo-albus

F. W. True, 1885

Family

Canidae

Root name

griseoalbus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

610

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306404

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. True (1885:610, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lycaon gigas

V. O. Bailey, 1936

Family

Canidae

Root name

gigas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

272

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806195

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Bailey (1936:272, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)

Canis lycaon nubilus

V. O. Bailey, 1936

Family

Canidae

Root name

nubilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

274

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806197

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Bailey (1936:274, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)

Canis lupus baileyi

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

baileyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Canis lupus chanco

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

chanco

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:418) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Canis lupus crassodon

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

crassodon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

cubanenesis

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

cubanenesis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

576

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005:576) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus fuscus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus hodophilax

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

hodophilax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus lupus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

lupus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:418) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Canis lupus nubilus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

nubilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Canis lupus pallipes

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

pallipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Canis lupus pambasileus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

pambasileus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus tundrarum

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

tundrarum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus filchneri

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Canidae

Root name

filchneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

418

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:418) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Canis niger

Illiger, 1815

Family

Canidae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

64

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080920

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Canis lupus

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Canidae

Root name

lupus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

39

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033831

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:556, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Cuvier (1797:121, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  3. Daudin (1802:159, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033409) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  4. Fischer (1814:xii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130073) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  5. Illiger (1815:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  6. Godman (1826:255, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49165559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67289)
  7. Billberg (1827:11) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67228)
  8. Lesson (1827:163, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207631) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  9. Cuvier (1842:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  10. Lesson (1842:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  11. Crespon (1844:50, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52795654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38970)
  12. Fitzinger (1855:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)
  13. Blyth (1863:39, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534701) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  14. True (1885:610, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  15. Corbet & Hill (1980:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  16. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  17. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  18. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:466) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  19. Smith & Xie (2008:416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  20. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  21. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3746) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  22. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3746) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  23. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005943) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  24. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  25. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3746/247624660) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Canis lupus albus

Kerr, 1792

Family

Canidae

Root name

albus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

137

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664161

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Canis lupus flavus

Kerr, 1792

Family

Canidae

Root name

flavus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

137

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664161

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis Lupus niger

Kerr, 1792

Family

Canidae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

137

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664161

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Canis lupus campestris

Dwigubski, 1804

Family

Canidae

Root name

campestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

10

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:418) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Canis lupus communis

Dwigubski, 1804

Family

Canidae

Root name

communis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

10

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Canis lupus niger

Hermann, 1804

Family

Canidae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13419940

Authority publication

Strasbourg

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis spelaeus

Goldfuss, 1823

Family

Canidae

Root name

spelaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

451

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37012929

Authority publication

Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum

Name usages

Lesson (1827:165, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207633) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Canis Lupus-Albus

Sabine, 1823

Family

Canidae

Root name

albus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

655

Authority publication

book

Canis Lupus-Griseus

Sabine, 1823

Family

Canidae

Root name

griseus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

654

Authority publication

book

Canis nubilus

Say in James, 1823

Family

Canidae

Root name

nubilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

169 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40216593

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Godman (1826:265, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49165571) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67289)
  2. Lesson (1827:164, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207632) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Temminck (1843:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607666) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38350)
  4. Allen (1896:258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15952)

Lupus ater

(J. Richardson, 1829)

Family

Canidae

Root name

ater

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

70

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27984562

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus, occidentalis

J. Richardson, 1829

Family

Canidae

Root name

occidentalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

60

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27984550

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Lupus vulgaris

(S.D.W., 1836)

Family

Canidae

Root name

vulgaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

69

Authority publication

The Analyst

Lupus vulgaris

(C. H. Smith, 1839)

Family

Canidae

Root name

vulgaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

148

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18521686

Authority publication

London

Canis lupus var. canus

de Sélys-Longchamps, 1839

Family

Canidae

Root name

canus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus var. fulvus

de Sélys-Longchamps, 1839

Family

Canidae

Root name

fulvus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus var. fusca

J. Richardson, 1839

Family

Canidae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27208036

Authority publication

London

Lupus orientalis

(J. A. Wagner, 1841)

Family

Canidae

Root name

orientalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

367

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31062996

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis variabilis

zu Wied-Neuwied, 1841

Family

Canidae

Root name

variabilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

95

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis hodopylax

Temminck, 1844

Family

Canidae

Root name

hodopylax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607622

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lupus laniger

(Hodgson, 1847)

Family

Canidae

Root name

laniger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

474

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40385266

Authority publication

Calcutta Journal of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis occidentalis, var. griseo-albus

S. F. Baird, 1857

Family

Canidae

Root name

griseoalbus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

104

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58487656

Authority publication

Washington

Canis lupus var. major

Ogérien, 1863

Family

Canidae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

64

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus var. minor

Ogérien, 1863

Family

Canidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

64

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lupus vulgaris

(J. E. Gray, 1869)

Family

Canidae

Root name

vulgaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum · preoccupied

Authority page

501

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28665062

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Cuon edwardsianus

(Bourguignat, 1875)

Family

Canidae

Root name

edwardsianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

46

Authority publication

Annales des sciences géologiques

Lycorus nemesianus

(Bourguignat, 1875)

Family

Canidae

Root name

nemesianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

23

Authority publication

Annales des sciences géologiques

Lupus Suessii

(Woldřich, 1878)

Family

Canidae

Root name

suessii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

119

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7125760

Authority publication

Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Canis lupus var. desertorum

Bogdanov, 1882

Family

Canidae

Root name

desertorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

30

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis familiaris angustifrons

A. Pomel, 1897

Family

Canidae

Root name

angustifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Carte Géologique de l'Algérie

Canis familiaris getulus

A. Pomel, 1897

Family

Canidae

Root name

getulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Carte Géologique de l'Algérie

Canis familiaris latifrons

A. Pomel, 1897

Family

Canidae

Root name

latifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Carte Géologique de l'Algérie

Canis familiaris prokelb

A. Pomel, 1897

Family

Canidae

Root name

prokelb

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Carte Géologique de l'Algérie

Canis lupus deitanus

Cabrera, 1907

Family

Canidae

Root name

deitanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

197

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1766233

Authority publication

Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lupus filchneri

(Matschie, 1907)

Family

Canidae

Root name

filchneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

153

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lupus karanorensis

(Matschie, 1907)

Family

Canidae

Root name

karanorensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

159

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lupus tschiliensis

(Matschie, 1907)

Family

Canidae

Root name

tschiliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

160

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis occidentalis albus

Preble, 1908

Family

Canidae

Root name

albus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

213

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45341476

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Canis lupus lycaon

Trouessart, 1910

Family

Canidae

Root name

lycaon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9372298

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lupus altaicus

(Noack, 1911)

Family

Canidae

Root name

altaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

465

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9741906

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus italicus

Altobello, 1921

Family

Canidae

Root name

italicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

41

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus argunensis

Dybowski, 1922

Family

Canidae

Root name

argunensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

350

Authority publication

Arch. Tow. Nauk. Lwow

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus var. kamtschaticus

Dybowski, 1922

Family

Canidae

Root name

kamtschaticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

350

Authority publication

Arch. Tow. Nauk. Lwow

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus var. orientalis

Dybowski, 1922

Family

Canidae

Root name

orientalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

350

Authority publication

Arch. Tow. Nauk. Lwow

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus kurjak

Bolkay, 1925

Family

Canidae

Root name

kurjak

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

9

Authority publication

Novitates Musei Sarajevoensis

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis dybowskii

Domaniewski, 1926

Family

Canidae

Root name

dybowskii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

52

Authority publication

Prace Z. Mus. Warsawa

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus bactrianus

Laptev, 1929

Family

Canidae

Root name

bactrianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

51

Authority publication

Tashkent

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus dorogostaiskii

Skalon, 1936

Family

Canidae

Root name

dorogostaiskii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

193

Authority publication

Известия государственного противочумного института Сибири и ДВК

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus banksianus

R. M. Anderson, 1943

Family

Canidae

Root name

banksianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectoriginalspelling

Authority page

390

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus griseus

R. M. Anderson, 1943

Family

Canidae

Root name

griseus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

subsequent_usage · preoccupied

Authority page

386

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Canis lupus knightii

R. M. Anderson, 1947

Family

Canidae

Root name

knightii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

54

Authority publication

National Museum of Canada

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis lupus lunellensis

Bonifay, 1971

Family

Canidae

Root name

lunellensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

101

Authority publication

Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle

Canis lupus santenaisiensis

Argant, 1991

Family

Canidae

Root name

santenaisiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

1-309

Authority publication

Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie, Lyon

Canis himalayaensis

Aggarwal, Ramadevi, & L. Singh, 2003

Family

Canidae

Root name

himalayaensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

3

Authority publication

Genome Biology

Canis indica

Aggarwal, Ramadevi, & L. Singh, 2003

Family

Canidae

Root name

indica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

3

Authority publication

Genome Biology

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