Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Carnivora - (Family) Canidae

Original position

Ferae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Canini (Tribe) Batsch, 1788

Original entries

Canis alopex Linnaeus, 1758
Canis aureus Linnaeus, 1758
Canis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758
Canis hyaena Linnaeus, 1758
Canis lagopus Linnaeus, 1758
Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758
Canis vulpes Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Canini (Tribe) Batsch, 1788

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 247.

Alternative positions

Canidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 574.
Ferae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 56.

Historical positions

Canidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 574.
Canini (Tribe) Batsch, 1788	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 247.
Canidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 280.
Canidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 101.
Chordata (Phylum) Bateson, 1885	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 238. [rough position]
Canidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1040.
Canidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Carnivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 454. [rough position]
Ferae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 26, 56.
Feræ (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 18, 38.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	6s;79ss;259v; ‡1ss;1v; †4s;2ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 2 Dec 2014	[6s;79ss]
2005	W.C. Wozencraft: 577	[6s;80ss]
1993	W.C. Wozencraft	[7s;13v]
1993	W.C. Wozencraft	[7s;13v]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[8s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	[7-]8s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[7s;13v]