canis lupus canis lupus
Yes. Canis lupus is the gray wolf.
Canis LupusThis is canis lupus. Domestic dogs are a subspecies, canis lupus familiaris.Canis lupus
Canis lupus familiaris
A dog's scientific name is Canis lupus familiaris.
The gray wolf is a nonspecific subspecies of the wolf, Canis lupus, which has 39 named subspecies including the domestic dog Canis lupus familiaris.The Eurasian gray wolf is Canis lupus lupus.The gray wolf is Canis Lupus. The red wolf is Canis Rufus.
The scientific name for Arctic wolves is Canis lupus arctos.
Canis lupus familiaris belongs to the classification level of subspecies. It is the scientific name for the domestic dog, which is a subspecies of Canis lupus, the gray wolf.
Canis familiaris is the closest relative of Canis lupus.The Canis familiaris or dog is the closes relative to the Canis Lupus. The dog was reclassified from Canis Familiaris in 1993 by the Smithsonian Institute, it is now Canis Lupus Familiaris. The Timber Wolf, the Tundra Wolf and the dog, now all fall under the designation of Canis Lupus Familiaris.
There are now believed to only be five. Before 1995 there was widely believed to be about 24. Those five subspecies are the following:1) Mackenzie Valley/Rocky Mountain/Alaskan Wolf (Canis lupus occidentalis)2) Arctic Wolf (Canis lupus arctos)3) Mexican Gray (Canis lupus baileyi)4) Great Plains/Buffalo Wolf (Canis lupus nubilus)5) Common Red Wolf (Canis lupus rufus)Another Answer:Actually there is still considered to be around 24 subspecies of gray wolves in North America as of 2005, not 1995, with an addition of two more subspecies added to the list. These, including the 24 aforementioned, would be the following: Kenai Peninsula Wolf (Canis lupus alces)Newfoundland Wolf (Canis lupus beothucus)Bernard's Wolf (Canis lupus bernardi)British Columbia Wolf (Canis lupus columbianus)Vancouver Island Wolf (Canis lupus crassodon)Florida Black Wolf (Canis lupus floridanus)Cascade Mountain Wolf (Canis lupus fuscus)Gregory's Wolf (Canis lupus gregoryi)Manitoba Wolf (Canis lupus griseoalbus)Hudson Bay Wolf (Canus lupus hudsonicus)Northern Rocky Mountains Wolf (Canis lupus irremotus)Labrador Wolf (Canis lupus labradorius)Alexander Archipelago Wolf (Canis lupus ligoni)Eastern Wolf (Canis lupus lycaon)Mackenzie River Wolf (Canis lupus mackenzii)Baffin Island Wolf (Canis lupus manningi)Mogollon Mountain Wolf (Canis lupus mogollonensis)Texas Wolf (Canis lupus monstrabilis)Yukon Wolf (Canis lupus pambasileus)Alaskan Tundra Wolf (Canis lupus tundrarum)Southern Rocky Mountains Wolf (Canis lupus youngi)fArctic Wolf (Canis lupus arctos)Mexican Wolf (Canis lupus baileyi)Domestic Dog (Canis lupus familiaris)Mackenzie Valley Wolf (Canis lupus occidentalis)Red Wolf (Canis lupus rufus)
canis lupus familiaris, or just canis lupus.
Canis Lupus familiarisDogs' scientific name is Canis lupus familiaris.