The gray wolf is also known as the timber wolf. They are found in many biomes. Their genus and species is Canis lupus.
The English Bulldog is classified as Canis lupus. All domesticated and feral dogs belong to this genus and species. They are differentiated by breed, not by classification.
The scientific name of an organism is made up of the names of all the categories that it belongs in.The categories are:Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species.To save time, usually only the genus and species names are used.e.g. the full scientific name for dogs is:Animalia chordata mammalia carnivora canidae canis domesticusor just canis domesticus for shortsoo basically it goes like this ...... its based on the genus and species type
Canis familiaris The Wikipedia webpage for "dog" lists it as "Canis lupus familiaris;" i.e. "lupus" is the species, making "familiaris" a sub-species categorization. See that webpage for explanation. It also says that "Canis familiaris" is a reasonable synonym, but the point is that all dogs are said to be descended directly from the gray wolf.
Canis
Coyotes are of the genus canis, species canis latrans.
Canis is the genus name. Familiaris is the sub-species name. What is missing is the species name which is Lupus. Canis Lupus Familiaris is the scientific name for the domestic dog.
The genus species of a wolf is Canis lupus.
The genus species of a boxer is Canis lupus familiaris.
genus. The genus refers to a group of closely related species. In this case, Canis includes other species such as wolves and coyotes.
The genus and species of a golden retriever is Canis lupus familiaris.
The coyote's genus and species name is Canis latrans
Genus = CanisSpecies = latransBinomial name = Canis latrans
The smallest taxonomic group that contains organisms of different species is the genus. An example of this would be the genus Canis, which includes multiple species such as Canis lupus (wolf), Canis familiaris (dog), and Canis latrans (coyote).
Canis lupus comes from the genus Canis (the dog and wolf genus) and the family Canidae (the dog, wolf, jackal, fox, raccoon dog and maned wolf family). Thus, to find a species of the same genus as the Canis lupus, we look in the genus Canis. Of course, we search in the family Canidae to find a matching family (if we have a matching genus then we will automatically have a matching family and, if not, there is some bizarre and amusing mistake).Family Canidae. Genus Canis. There are several species in the genus Canis.Canis latrans - the coyote is a fine example.
Canis domesticus is the genus and species of the domestic dog.
Canis Familiaris-dog..