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IRMNG name details

Canis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758

10681653  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:10681653)

 unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
Taxonomic remark The domestic dog, treated as a subspecies of the wolf, Canis lupus, in ITIS/Catalogue of Life, 2020 versions (following...  
Taxonomic remark The domestic dog, treated as a subspecies of the wolf, Canis lupus, in ITIS/Catalogue of Life, 2020 versions (following Wilson & Reeder 2005), however treated as a separate species in some/many sources (e.g. Jackson et al., 2017). Under that scenario, Canis dingo Meyer, 1793 would be treated as a synonym of Canis familiaris instead of Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758 as given in Wilson & Reeder, ITIS, etc. [details]
IRMNG (2021). Canis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=10681653 on 2024-05-22
Date
action
by
2006-09-20 22:00:00Z
created
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
2020-09-13 19:01:11Z
changed

basis of record CoL2006/ITS [details]   

additional source Jackson, S. M.; Groves, C. P.; Fleming, P. J.; Aplin, K. P.; Eldridge, M. D.; Gonzalez, A.; Helgen, K. M. (2017). The wayward dog: Is the Australian native dog or dingo a distinct species?. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4317(2): 201-224., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4317.2.1
note: alternative taxonomic view - maintains C. familiaris as a distinct species from C. lupus [details]   

source of synonymy Cat. of Life 2006 [details]   

source of synonymy Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
note: as a subspecies of C. lupus (C. lupus familiaris) [details]   

extant flag source CoL2006, PaleoDB [details]   

habitat flag source as per genus [details]   
From other sources
Taxonomic remark The domestic dog, treated as a subspecies of the wolf, Canis lupus, in ITIS/Catalogue of Life, 2020 versions (following Wilson & Reeder 2005), however treated as a separate species in some/many sources (e.g. Jackson et al., 2017). Under that scenario, Canis dingo Meyer, 1793 would be treated as a synonym of Canis familiaris instead of Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758 as given in Wilson & Reeder, ITIS, etc. [details]

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