List of Canis species and subspecies

The following is a list of Canis species and subspecies.

Living species and subspecies

Side-striped Jackal Side-striped Jackal The side-striped jackal is a species of jackal, native to central and southern Africa. Unlike its cousin, the smaller black-backed jackal, which dwells in open plains, the side-striped jackal primarily dwells in woodland and scrub areas....	Golden Jackal Golden Jackal The golden jackal , also known as the common jackal, Asiatic jackal, thos or gold-wolf is a Canid of the genus Canis indigenous to north and northeastern Africa, southeastern and central Europe , Asia Minor, the Middle East and southeast Asia...	Coyote Coyote The coyote , also known as the American jackal or the prairie wolf, is a species of canine found throughout North and Central America, ranging from Panama in the south, north through Mexico, the United States and Canada...
C. adustus Side-striped Jackal The side-striped jackal is a species of jackal, native to central and southern Africa. Unlike its cousin, the smaller black-backed jackal, which dwells in open plains, the side-striped jackal primarily dwells in woodland and scrub areas....	C. aureus Golden Jackal The golden jackal , also known as the common jackal, Asiatic jackal, thos or gold-wolf is a Canid of the genus Canis indigenous to north and northeastern Africa, southeastern and central Europe , Asia Minor, the Middle East and southeast Asia...	C. latrans Coyote The coyote , also known as the American jackal or the prairie wolf, is a species of canine found throughout North and Central America, ranging from Panama in the south, north through Mexico, the United States and Canada...
C. adustus adustus	C. aureus algirensis	C. latrans cagottis
C. adustus bweha	C. aureus anthus	C. latrans clepticus
C. adustus gray	C. aureus aureus	C. latrans dickeyi
C. adustus kaffensis	C. aureus bea	C. latrans frustror
C. adustus lateralis	C. aureus cruesemanni	C. latrans goldmani
C. adustus notatus	C. aureus indicus	C. latrans hondurensis
	C. aureus lupaster	C. latrans impavidus
	C. aureus moreotica	C. latrans incolatus
	C. aureus naria	C. latrans jamesi
	C. aureus riparius	C. latrans latrans
	C. aureus soudanicus	C. latrans lestes
	C. aureus syriacus	C. latrans mearnsi Canis latrans mearnsi Canis latrans mearnsi, also known as the Mearns coyote, is the sub-species of coyote native to the American Southwest. It is one of the smaller sub-species of coyote: 18-21 inches tall, 42-50 inches long, and weighing 15-25 pounds...
		C. latrans microdon
		C. latrans ochropus
		C. latrans peninsulae
		C. latrans texensis
		C. latrans thamnos
		C. latrans umpquensis
		C. latrans vigilis


Gray Wolf Gray Wolf The gray wolf , also known as the wolf, is the largest extant wild member of the Canidae family...	Black-backed Jackal Black-backed Jackal The black-backed jackal , also known as the silver-backed or red jackal, is a species of jackal which inhabits two areas of the African continent separated by roughly 900 km. One region includes the southern-most tip of the continent, including South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe...	Ethiopian Wolf Ethiopian Wolf The Ethiopian wolf , also known as the Abyssinian wolf, Abyssinian fox, red jackal, Simien fox, or Simien jackal is a canid native to Africa...
C. lupus	C. mesomelas	C. simensis
C. lupus albus Tundra Wolf The Tundra Wolf is a subspecies of Gray Wolf native to the tundra and forest zones in the European and Asian parts of Russia and Kamchatka. Outside Russia, its range includes the extreme north of Scandinavia....	C. mesomelas mesomelas	C. simensis citernii
C. lupus alces	C. mesomelas schmidti	C. simensis simensis
C. lupus arabs
C. lupus arctos
C. lupus baileyi
C. lupus beothucus
C. lupus bernardi
C. lupus campestris
C. lupus chanco
C. lupus columbianus
C. lupus crassodon
C. lupus dingo Canis lupus dingo The taxon Canis lupus dingo is named for its most famous and original member, the Australian Dingo, but it also includes non-Australian animals such as the New Guinea Singing Dog, the Thai Dog, and other animals which are considered taxonomically identical to the Australian Dingo. so any... [domestic dog]
C. lupus familiaris [domestic dog]
C. lupus floridanus
C. lupus fuscus
C. lupus gregoryi
C. lupus griseoalbus
C. lupus hattai
C. lupus hodophilax
C. lupus hudsonicus
C. lupus irremotus
C. lupus italicus
C. lupus labradorius
C. lupus ligoni
C. lupus lupus
C. lupus lycaon
C. lupus mackenzii
C. lupus manningi
C. lupus mogollonensis
C. lupus monstrabilis
C. lupus nubilus
C. lupus occidentalis
C. lupus orion
C. lupus pallipes
C. lupus pambasileus
C. lupus signatus
C. lupus tundrarum
C. lupus youngi

Red Wolf Red Wolf The red wolf is a North American canid which once roamed throughout the Southeastern United States and is a glacial period survivor of the Late Pleistocene epoch...	proposed segregates of Gray Wolf
C. rufus rufus Canis rufus rufus Canis rufus rufus or the Texas Red wolf refers to a type of Red wolf that lived in Texas. As the red wolf is no longer considered a species in itself but a subspecies of Canis lupus, Canis lupus rufus, and because Taxonomy has no taxon below the subspecies level, it now would be considered a type,...	Canis himalayaensis
C. rufus floridanus	Canis indica
C. rufus gregoryi	Canis lycaon

Prehistoric species

Common names from Kurtén and Anderson.

C. acutus
C. antiquus
C. apolloniensis
Canis apolloniensis
Canis apolloniensis is an extinct species of Canidae which was endemic to Europe and lived during the Early Pleistocene epoch from 1.81 Mya—781,000 years ago, existing for approximately .....
C. armbrusteri (Armbruster's Wolf)
C. arnensis
C. atrox
C. avus
C. brachypus
C. brevirostris
C. cautleyi
C. cedazoensis
Canis cedazoensis
Canis cedazoensis is an extinct species of smaller Canidae which was endemic to North America from the Blancan stage of the Pliocene epoch through the Irvingtonian stage of the Pleistocene epoch living 4.9 Ma—300,000 years ago. Canis cedazoensis existed for approximately .-Taxonomy:Canis...

(Cedazo Dog)
C. chiliensis (Chilean Wolf)
C. cipio
C. dirus
Dire Wolf
The Dire Wolf, Canis dirus, is an extinct carnivorous mammal of the genus Canis, and was most common in North America and South America from the Irvingtonian stage to the Rancholabrean stage of the Pleistocene epoch living 1.80 Ma – 10,000 years ago, existing for approximately .- Relationships...

(Dire Wolf)
C. edwardii
Canis edwardii
Canis edwardii is an extinct species of Canidae which was endemic to most of North America from the Blancan stage of the Pliocene epoch through to the Irvingtonian stage of the Pleistocene epoch, living 4.9 Mya—300,000 years ago, existing for approximately...

(Edward's Wolf)
C. etruscus
C. falconeri
Canis falconeri
Canis falconeri is the relative of Canis armbrusteri which is considered the ancestor of the Dire wolf, one of the most recent evolutionary ancestors to the wolf and differs from the Gray wolf and Dire wolf because of a more narrow skull.Canis armbrusteri is the closest known relative....

(Falconer's Wolf)
C. ferox
Canis ferox
Canis ferox is a species of canidae which was endemic to North America and lived from the Late Hemphillian stage of the Pliocene through the Miocene epoch .. Canis ferox existed for approximately...
C. khomenkoi
C. kuruksaensis
C. lepophagus (Johnston's Coyote)
C. lupus hodophilax
Honshu Wolf
The Honshū Wolf, known in Japan as the , , or simply , is one of the two extinct subspecies of the Gray Wolf once endemic to the islands of Japan. The Honshū Wolf occupied the islands of Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū in Japan. The other subspecies is the Hokkaidō Wolf, native to the island of Hokkaidō...

(Honshū Wolf)
C. lupus hattai (Hokkaidō Wolf)
C. majori
C. medius
C. michauxi
C. moreni
C. mosbachensis
C. nehringi
C. neschersensis
C. palaeoplatensis
C. petenyi
C. protoplatensis
C. robustus
C. strandi
C. suessi
C. terblanchei
C. ursinus
C. variabilis
C. velaunus
C. volgensis
C. yuanmoensis

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