Hungry Wolf On Out Door Stock Photography

The species Canis lupus was named by the Swedish botanist and zoologist Carl Linnaeus in his publication Systema Naturae in 1758.[3] The nominate subspecies is the Eurasian wolf Canis lupus lupus, based on the type specimen that Linnaeus studied in Sweden. The 38 subspecies of Canis lupus are listed under the biological common name of `wolf` in Mammal Species of the World 3rd edition that was published in 2005. The domestic dog is listed as a subspecies, and the dingo, together with the New Guinea singing dog, form another subspecies.