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Taxon: Species Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758 - wolf (mammal)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                             Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                               Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                 Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                   [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                     Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                       Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                         Clade Pan-Sarcopterygii
                                                           Clade Sarcopterygii Romer, 1955
                                                             Clade Dipnotetrapodomorpha Nelson, 2006
                                                               Clade Rhipidistia Cope, 1887
                                                                 Clade Tetrapodomorpha Ahlberg, 1991
                                                                   Clade Osteolepidida Boulenger 1901 [Cloutier & Ahlberg 1996]
                                                                     Clade Eotetrapodiformes Coates & Friedman, 2010
                                                                       [crown] Clade Elpistostegalia Camp & Allison, 1961
                                                                         Clade Stegocephali Cope 1868 [Laurin 2020]
                                                                           Clade Labyrinthodontia Owen 1859 [Laurin 2020]
                                                                             Clade Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Laurin 2020]
                                                                               Clade Pan-Amniota Rowe 2004 [Laurin & Smithson 2020]
                                                                                 Clade Batrachosauria
                                                                                   Clade Amniota Haeckel 1866 [Laurin & Reisz 2020]
                                                                                     Clade Synapsida Osborn 1903 [Laurin & Reisz 2020]
                                                                                       [crown] Clade Therapsida Broom 1905 [Rowe 2020]
                                                                                         Clade Theriodontia Owen, 1876
                                                                                           Clade Eutheriodontia
                                                                                             Clade Cynodontia Owen 1861 [Rowe 2020]
                                                                                               Clade Epicynodontia Hopson & Kitching 2001
                                                                                                 Clade Eucynodontia Kemp 1982 [Rowe 1993]
                                                                                                   Clade Probainognathia Hopson, 1990
                                                                                                     Clade Mammaliamorpha Rowe 1988 [Rowe 2020]
                                                                                                       Clade Mammaliaformes Rowe 1988 [Rowe 2020]
                                                                                                         Clade Amphilestheria Gaetano & Rougier 2011
                                                                                                           Clade Holotheria Wible, Rougier, Novacek, McKenna & Dashzeveg 1995
                                                                                                             Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
                                                                                                               Clade Theriimorpha Rowe 1993
                                                                                                                 Clade Theriiformes Rowe 1988
                                                                                                                   Clade Trechnotheria McKenna 1975
                                                                                                                     Clade Cladotheria McKenna 1975
                                                                                                                       Clade Zatheria McKenna 1975
                                                                                                                         Clade Prototribosphenida Wible, Rougier, Novacek, McKenna & Dashzeveg 1995
                                                                                                                           Clade Boreosphenida Luo, Cifelli & Kielan-Jaworowska 2001
                                                                                                                             Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
                                                                                                                               Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                                                                                                                                 Cohort Placentalia Owen, 1837 - placentals
                                                                                                                                   Magnorder Boreoeutheria Springer & de Jong, 2001
                                                                                                                                     Superorder Laurasiatheria Waddell, Okada & Hasegawa, 1999
                                                                                                                                       [crown] Clade Scrotifera Waddell, Cao, Hauf & Hasegawa 1999
                                                                                                                                         [crown] Clade Fereuungulata Waddell, Cao, Hauf & Hasegawa 1999
                                                                                                                                           [crown] Grandorder Ferae Linnaeus, 1758
                                                                                                                                             Clade Carnivoramorpha Wyss & Flynn, 1993
                                                                                                                                               Clade Carnivoraformes Flynn, Finarelli & Spaulding 2010
                                                                                                                                                 [crown] Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
                                                                                                                                                   Suborder Caniformia Kretzoi, 1943
                                                                                                                                                     Infraorder Canoidea "Batsch, 1788" [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                       Family Canidae Batsch, 1788 - dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, and foxes
                                                                                                                                                         Subfamily Caninae Batsch, 1788
                                                                                                                                                           Tribe Canini Batsch, 1788
                                                                                                                                                             Genus Canis Linnaeus, 1758 - dogs, wolves, coyotes, and jackals
                                                                                                                                                               Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758 - wolf
                                                                                                                                                                 01 Canis lupus lupus Linnaeus, 1758
                                                                                                                                                                 02 Canis lupus albus Kerr, 1792
                                                                                                                                                                 03 Canis lupus alces Goldman, 1941
                                                                                                                                                                 04 Canis lupus arabs Pocock, 1934
                                                                                                                                                                 05 Canis lupus arctos Pocock, 1935
                                                                                                                                                                 06 Canis lupus baileyi Nelson & Goldman, 1929
                                                                                                                                                                 07 Canis lupus beothucus Allen & Barbour, 1937
                                                                                                                                                                 08 Canis lupus bernardi Anderson, 1943
                                                                                                                                                                 09 Canis lupus campestris Dwigubski, 1804
                                                                                                                                                                 10 Canis lupus chanco Gray, 1863
                                                                                                                                                                 11 Canis lupus columbianus Goldman, 1941
                                                                                                                                                                 12 Canis lupus crassodon Hall, 1932
                                                                                                                                                                 13.1 Canis lupus familiaris Linnaeus, 1758 - domestic dog
                                                                                                                                                                 13.2 Canis lupus dingo Meyer, 1793 - domestic dog
                                                                                                                                                                 14 Canis lupus filchnevi (Matschie, 1907)
                                                                                                                                                                 15 Canis lupus fuscus Richardson, 1839
                                                                                                                                                                 16 Canis lupus griseoalbus Baird, 1858
                                                                                                                                                                 17 Canis lupus hattai Kishida, 1931
                                                                                                                                                                 18 Canis lupus hodophilax Temminck, 1839
                                                                                                                                                                 19 Canis lupus hudsonicus Goldman, 1941
                                                                                                                                                                 20 Canis lupus irremotus Goldman, 1937
                                                                                                                                                                 21 Canis lupus labradorius Goldman, 1937
                                                                                                                                                                 22 Canis lupus ligoni Goldman, 1937
                                                                                                                                                                 23 Canis lupus lycaon Schreber, 1775 - eastern Canadian wolf
                                                                                                                                                                 24 Canis lupus mackenzii Anderson, 1943
                                                                                                                                                                 25 Canis lupus manningi Anderson, 1943
                                                                                                                                                                 26 Canis lupus mogollonensis Goldman, 1937
                                                                                                                                                                 27 Canis lupus monstrabilis Goldman, 1937
                                                                                                                                                                 28 Canis lupus nubilus Say, 1823
                                                                                                                                                                 29 Canis lupus occidentalis Richardson, 1829
                                                                                                                                                                 30 Canis lupus orion Pocock, 1935
                                                                                                                                                                 31 Canis lupus pallipes Sykes, 1831
                                                                                                                                                                 32 Canis lupus pambasileus Elliot, 1905
                                                                                                                                                                 33.1 Canis lupus rufus Audubon & Bachman, 1851 - red wolf
                                                                                                                                                                 33.2 Canis lupus floridanus Miller, 1912
                                                                                                                                                                 33.3 Canis lupus gregoryi Goldman, 1937
                                                                                                                                                                 34 Canis lupus tundrarum Miller, 1912
                                                                                                                                                                 35 Canis lupus youngi Goldman, 1937

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