Canis dirus Leidy, 1858
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Leidy, Joseph. 1858. Notice of remains of extinct Vertebrata, from the Valley of the Niobrara River, collected during the Exploring Expedition of 1857, in Nebraska, under the command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, U. S. Top. Eng., by Dr. F. V. Hayden, Geologist to the Expedition, Proceedings. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10: 21.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Carnivora
- family
- Canidae
- genus
- Canis
- species
- Canis dirus
Name
- Synonyms
- Aenocyon ayersi (Sellards, 1916)
- Aenocyon dirus (Leidy, 1858)
- Canis ayersi (Sellards, 1916)
- Canis indianensis Leidy, 1869
- Canis mississippiensis Allen, 1876
- Homonyms
- Canis dirus Leidy, 1858
- Common names
- dire wolf in English
- dire wolf in language.