CLASSIFICATION information of Canis lupus
Domain: Eukarya
The largest level of organization. This includes the kingdoms- Protista, Fungi, Plantae,
and Animalia. Eukarya is multicellular and have a nucleus.
Kingdom: Animalia
Animal Kingdom contains a wide-range of organisms. This kingdom has complex cells which provide specialized structure and function to be the adult animal. Animals for the most part are capable of movement, this also allows the animal to live and wander.
Phylum: Chordata
Organisms that have spinal chord. This includes mammals, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds. There are more than 75,000 living species of chordates, about half of which are bony fish.
Class: Mammalia
Class Mammalia consists of all mammals, an extremely diverse and very advanced group in the animal kingdom with certain distinguishing features.The most common kind of mammals are eutherians, or placentals. The placentas of these mammals make a long-lasting relationship between the mother and child.
Order: Carnivora
The diverse order Carnivora includes over 280 species of placental mammals. Usually known as carnivorans. Nearly all carnivorans today primarily eat meat. Some, such as cats depend entirely on meat for their nutrition. Others, such as raccoons and bears.
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Family: Canidae
The Canidae are the biological family of carnivorous and omnivorous mammals that includes domestic dogs, wolves, foxes, jackals, coyotes, and many other lesser known extant and extinct dog-like mammals. This family is like a house divided family. Half roots for the bears and half roots for the Packers. This family is also divided into two tribes: Canini (related to wolves) and Vulpini (related to foxes). The two species of the basal Caninae are more primitive and do not fit into either tribe.
Genus: Canis
Canis is a genus containing seven to 10 extant species, including the domestic dog, wolves, coyotes, and jackals, and many extinct species. Wolves, dogs, and dingoes are subspecies of Canis lupus. The original referent of the English word wolf, the Eurasian wolf, is called C. l. lupus to distinguish it from other wolf subspecies, such as the Indian wolf , the Arabian wolf, or the Tibetan wolf, which are probably more similar to the variety of wolf that was ancestral to the modern dog.
Species: Canis lupus
Canis lupus has 39 subspecies currently described, including two subspecies of domestic dog, Canis lupus dingo and Canis lupus familiaris, and many subspecies of wolf throughout the Northern hemisphere. The nominate subspecies is Canis lupus lupus.
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