US Geological Survey
Date of this Version
1974
Citation
MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 37, pp. 1-6, 5 figs.
Abstract
Order Carnivora, Family Canidae. The genus Canis includes eight species. Approxi- mately 24 New World and eight Old World subspecies of C. lupus are recognized, the number depending on authorities accepted. For summary, see Mech (1970); for full synonymy, see Pocock (1935), Goldman (1944), Ellerman and Morrison- Scott (1951), Novikov (1956), and Hall and Kelson (1959).
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Comments
U.S. government work.