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Canis dingo (dingo)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Canis dingo was named by Blumenbach (1780). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1780Canis dingo Blumenbach
1875Canis dingo Bourguignat
2000Canis dingo Bargo et al. p. 610
2018Canis dingo Jiangzuo et al. p. 95

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyCaninaeGill 1872
genusCanis
speciesdingoBlumenbach 1780

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Canis dingo Blumenbach 1780 [dingo]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Body mass estimates
estimateequationreference
 20.8 kg Mammalia femur diameterGingerich 1990
 33.8 kg Mammalia humerus diameterGingerich 1990
 7.92 kg Mammalia tibia diameterGingerich 1990
mean: 17.7 kg
Measurements
partNmean
femur diameter115.3
humerus diameter119.0
radius diameter110.0
tibia diameter110.2

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:28:06
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available