Talk:List of Canis species and subspecies

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THIS NEEDS CLEANUP get rid of red links, and insert domesticated dogs. Merge this page with canis Make this look more like the felinae page.
 * Unsigned comment left by 24.14.162.218


 * I disagree.  Red links denote articles that will one day be created.  This page should remain separate from Canis.  It contains a completely different range of data to Felinae - it is a list of species. Verisimilus  T  19:20, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Dumpsite for removed species
I'm starting to go through and remove paleospecies no longer placed in Canis. I'll use this section to give current assignments and, if needed, refs on the removals.
 * C. anceps synonym of Paratomarctus temerarius
 * C. avus now Dusicyon, Lycalopex, or Pseudalopex
 * C. condoni synonym of Eucyon davisi
 * C. ensenadensis now Cerdocyon
 * C. megamastoides now Nyctereutes
 * C. protojubatus synonym of "Dusicyon" avus
 * C. temerarius now Paratomarctus
 * C. troglodytes now Protocyon

--Helioseus (talk) 22:06, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

More:
 * C. africanus synonym of Xenocyon lycaonoides
 * C. lycanoides now Xenocyon
 * C. falconeri also Xenocyon

--Helioseus (talk) 22:21, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Bow-wow!
I'm wondering why the domestic dog is absent from this list. Yopienso (talk) 18:20, 25 September 2009 (UTC)


 * It's present as C.lupus familiaris. --Stfg (talk) 09:41, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
 * MSW3 includes both familiaris and "C.lupus dingo" as " [domestic dog], so I added that. Chrisrus (talk) 04:08, 14 March 2011 (UTC)