Editing Subspecies of Canis lupus (section)

==Taxonomy==
In 1758, the Swedish botanist and zoologist [[Carl Linnaeus]] published in his ''[[10th edition of Systema Naturae|Systema Naturae]]'' the [[binomial nomenclature]] – or the two-word naming – of [[species]]. ''[[Canis]]'' is the Latin word meaning "dog",<ref>{{OEtymD|canine}}</ref> and under this [[genus]] he listed the dog-like carnivores including domestic dogs, wolves, and jackals. He classified the domestic dog as ''Canis familiaris'', and on the next page he classified the wolf as ''Canis lupus''.<ref name=linnaeus1758>{{cite book|last=Linnæus|first=Carl|title=Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I|year=1758|publisher=Laurentius Salvius|location=Holmiæ (Stockholm)|pages=39–40|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/80764#page/49/mode/1up|edition= 10th|access-date=November 23, 2012|language=la}}</ref> Linnaeus considered the dog to be a separate species from the wolf because of its head, body, and ''cauda recurvata'' – its upturning tail – which is not found in any other [[canid]].<ref name=Clutton-Brock1995/>

In 1999, a study of [[mitochondrial DNA]] indicated that the domestic dog may have originated from multiple wolf populations, with the [[dingo]] and [[New Guinea singing dog]] "breeds" having developed at a time when human populations were more isolated from each other.<ref name=wayne1999/> In the third edition of ''[[Mammal Species of the World]]'' published in 2005, the mammalogist [[W. Chris Wozencraft|W. Christopher Wozencraft]] listed under the wolf ''Canis lupus'' some 36 wild subspecies, and proposed two additional subspecies: ''familiaris'' Linnaeus, 1758 and ''dingo'' Meyer, 1793. Wozencraft included ''hallstromi'' – the New Guinea singing dog – as a [[taxonomic synonym]] for the dingo. Wozencraft referred to the mDNA study as one of the guides in forming his decision, and listed the 38 subspecies under the biological [[common name]] of "wolf", with the [[nominate subspecies]] being the [[Eurasian wolf]] (''Canis lupus lupus'') based on the [[type specimen]] that Linnaeus studied in Sweden.<ref name=wozencraft2005/> However, the classification of several of these [[Canis|canines]] as either species or subspecies has recently{{when|date=July 2024}} [[#Disputed subspecies|been challenged]].