NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Canis
  Family - Canidae
  Suborder - Caniformia
  Order - Carnivora
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Canis lupus lycaon
      Subspecies - Canis lupus lupus
      Subspecies - Canis lupus filchneri
      Subspecies - Canis lupus albus
      Subspecies - Canis lupus alces
      Subspecies - Canis lupus arabs
      Subspecies - Canis lupus arctos
      Subspecies - Canis lupus baileyi
      Subspecies - Canis lupus beothucus
      Subspecies - Canis lupus bernardi
      Subspecies - Canis lupus campestris
      Subspecies - Canis lupus chanco
      Subspecies - Canis lupus columbianus
      Subspecies - Canis lupus crassodon
      Subspecies - Canis lupus dingo
      Subspecies - Canis lupus familiaris
      Subspecies - Canis lupus floridanus
      Subspecies - Canis lupus fuscus
      Subspecies - Canis lupus gregoryi
      Subspecies - Canis lupus griseoalbus
      Subspecies - Canis lupus hattai
      Subspecies - Canis lupus hodophilax
      Subspecies - Canis lupus hudsonicus
      Subspecies - Canis lupus irremotus
      Subspecies - Canis lupus labradorius
      Subspecies - Canis lupus ligoni
      Subspecies - Canis lupus mackenzii
      Subspecies - Canis lupus manningi
      Subspecies - Canis lupus mogollonensis
      Subspecies - Canis lupus monstrabilis
      Subspecies - Canis lupus nubilus
      Subspecies - Canis lupus occidentalis
      Subspecies - Canis lupus orion
      Subspecies - Canis lupus pallipes
      Subspecies - Canis lupus pambasileus
      Subspecies - Canis lupus rufus
      Subspecies - Canis lupus tundrarum
      Subspecies - Canis lupus youngi