Taxonavigation

Familia: Canidae
Subfamilia: Caninae
Tribus: Canini
Genus: Canis
Species: Canis latrans
Subspecies: C. l. cagottis - C. l. clepticus - C. l. dickeyi - C. l. frustror - C. l. goldmani - C. l. hondurensis - C. l. impavidus - C. l. incolatus - C. l. jamesi - C. l. latrans - C. l. lestes - C. l. mearnsi - C. l. microdon - C. l. ochropus - C. l. peninsulae - C. l. texensis - C. l. thamnos - C. l. umpquensis - C. l. vigilis

Name

Canis latrans Say, 1823

• Type locality: "Engineer cantonment" reported at "latitude 41°25'N, and longitude...95°47'30'W" (p. XVIII, vol. 2). Reported in Honacki et al. (1982) as "U.S.A., Nebraska, Washington Co., Engineer Cantonment, about 12 mi. (19.2 km) S. E. Blair".

References

• Say, T.. [Taxonomical footnotes]. In James, E.P. 1823. Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819 and '20 : by order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, sec'y of war: under the command of Major Stephen H. Long. From the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other gentlemen of the exploring party. H.C. Carey & I Lea. Philadelphia. 1: 1–503 DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.61116 BHL Reference page.  p. 168 BHL.

Vernacular names

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