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 latrans latrans
      Subspecies - Canis latrans cagottis
      Subspecies - Canis latrans clepticus
      Subspecies - Canis latrans dickeyi
      Subspecies - Canis latrans frustror
      Subspecies - Canis latrans goldmani
      Subspecies - Canis latrans hondurensis
      Subspecies - Canis latrans impavidus
      Subspecies - Canis latrans incolatus
      Subspecies - Canis latrans jamesi
      Subspecies - Canis latrans lestes
      Subspecies - Canis latrans mearnsi
      Subspecies - Canis latrans microdon
      Subspecies - Canis latrans ochropus
      Subspecies - Canis latrans peninsulae
      Subspecies - Canis latrans texensis
      Subspecies - Canis latrans thamnos
      Subspecies - Canis latrans umpquensis
      Subspecies - Canis latrans vigilis