Canis lupus

Translingual

Etymology

Latin canis (“dog”) + lupus (“wolf”)

Proper noun

Canis lupus m

1. A taxonomic species within the family Canidae – grey wolf.

Hypernyms

• (species): Carnivora – order; Canidae – family; Caninae – subfamily; Canini – tribe; Canis – genus

Hyponyms

• (species): Canis lupus arabs (Arabian wolf), Canis lupus arctos (Arctic wolf), Canis lupus cubanensis (Caspian Sea wolf), Canis lupus dingo (dingo), Canis lupus hallstromi (New Guinea singing dog), Canis lupus familiaris (dog), Canis lupus lycaon (eastern wolf), Canis lupus lupus (Eurasian wolf), Canis lupus nubilus (Great Plains wolf), Canis lupus italicus (Italian wolf), Canis lupus occidentalis (Mackenzie Valley wolf), Canis lupus baileyi (Mexican wolf), Canis lupus communis (Russian wolf), Canis lupus pallipes (southern-east Asian wolf), Canis lupus albus (tundra wolf), Canis lupus crassodon (Vancouver Island wolf), Canis lupus signatus (Iberian wolf), Canis lupus hattai (Hokkaido wolf), Canis lupus hodophilax (Honshu wolf), Canis lupus beothucus (Newfoundland wolf) – subspecies

Translations

grey wolf — see grey wolf

References

• gray wolf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Canis lupus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Canis lupus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Canis lupus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Canis_lupus at Animal Diversity Web
• Canis lupus at AnimalBase
• Canis lupus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Canis lupus in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• “Canis lupus”, in Paleobiology Database, 2026