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Canis lupus rufus

Description

The red wolf (Canis lupus rufus or Canis rufus) is a canine native to the southeastern United States which has a reddish-tawny color to its fur. Morphologically it is intermediate between the coyote and gray wolf, and is very closely related to the eastern wolf of eastern Canada.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canis_lupus_rufus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)6164194https://www.gbif.org/species/6164194
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)44879https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=44879
Ranksubspecies (GBIF)
species (PBDB)
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Canis : Canis lupus : Canis lupus rufus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Canis : Canis lupus rufus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-LaurasiatheriaWaddell et al. 1999
-ScrotiferaWaddell et al. 1999
-FeraeLinnaeus 1758
-CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
-CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivoraBowditch 1821
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
superfamilyCanoideaSimpson 1931
familyCanidaeFischer 1817
subfamilyCaninaeGill 1872
tribeCaniniFischer de Waldheim 1817
subtribeCanina
genusCanisLinnaeus 1758
subspeciesCanis lupus rufusAudubon & Bachman 1851
Generic NameCanis
Common Namered wolf
Scientific NameCanis lupus rufus Audubon & Bachman, 1851
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Canis rufusspeciesbelongs to Canisstated without evidenceAudubon and Bachman, 1851
Canis rufussubspeciesbelongs to Canis nigerstated without evidenceHalloran, 1961
Canis rufusspeciesbelongs to Canisstated without evidenceMartin and Webb, 1974
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance4.90 - 1.80 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore, omnivore (based on Canidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals.
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canis_lupus_rufus

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Lupus niger (Bartram, 1791)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Canis : Lupus niger
Canis rufus Audubon & Bachman, 1851GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Canis : Canis rufus
Canis priscolatrans Cope, 1899GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Canis : Canis priscolatrans
Canis floridanus Miller, 1912GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Canis : Canis floridanus
Canis niger rufus (Audubon & Bachman, 1851)GBIFsubspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Canis : Canis lupus : Canis niger rufus
Canis niger (Bartram, 1791)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Canis : Canis niger

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1791Lupus niger Bartram
1851Canis rufus Audubon and Bachman
1899Canis priscolatrans Cope
1902Canis priscolatrans Hay p. 776
1912Canis floridanus Miller
1961Canis niger Halloran p. 22
1961Canis niger rufus Halloran p. 22
1974Canis rufus Martin and Webb
1980Canis priscolatrans Kurten and Anderson p. 168
1980Canis rufus Kurten and Anderson p. 169
1791Lupus niger Bartram
YearName and Author
1851Canis rufus Audubon and Bachman
1899Canis priscolatrans Cope
1902Canis priscolatrans Hay p. 776
1912Canis floridanus Miller
1961Canis niger Halloran p. 22
1961Canis niger rufus Halloran p. 22
1974Canis rufus Martin and Webb
1980Canis priscolatrans Kurten and Anderson p. 168
1980Canis rufus Kurten and Anderson p. 169
2008Canis rufus Wang et al.

References

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
Martin R. A., Webb S. D. (1974) Late Pleistocene mammals from the Devil's Den Fauna, Levy County, Pleistocene Mammals of Florida, 114-145
Kurten B., Anderson E. (1980) , Pleistocene mammals of North America, 1-442
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2 - via Catalogue of Life
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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