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 aureus aureus
      Subspecies - Canis aureus algirensis
      Subspecies - Canis aureus bea
      Subspecies - Canis aureus cruesemanni
      Subspecies - Canis aureus ecsedensis
      Subspecies - Canis aureus indicus
      Subspecies - Canis aureus moreotica
      Subspecies - Canis aureus naria
      Subspecies - Canis aureus riparius
      Subspecies - Canis aureus soudanicus
      Subspecies - Canis aureus syriacus
      Subspecies - Canis aureus qattarensis