Editing Wolf (section)

=== Subspecies ===
{{Main|Subspecies of Canis lupus}}
{{Further|Pleistocene wolf}}
In the third edition of ''[[Mammal Species of the World]]'' published in 2005, the [[mammalogist]] [[W. Chris Wozencraft|W. Christopher Wozencraft]] listed under ''C. lupus'' 36 wild subspecies, and proposed two additional subspecies: ''familiaris'' (Linnaeus, 1758) and ''[[Canis lupus dingo|dingo]]'' (Meyer, 1793). Wozencraft included ''hallstromi''—the [[New Guinea singing dog]]—as a [[taxonomic synonym]] for the [[dingo]]. Wozencraft referred to a 1999 [[mitochondrial DNA]] (mtDNA) study as one of the guides in forming his decision, and listed the 38 [[Subspecies of Canis lupus|subspecies of ''C. lupus'']] under the biological [[common name]] of "wolf", the [[nominate subspecies]] being the [[Eurasian wolf]] (''C. l. lupus'') based on the [[type specimen]] that Linnaeus studied in Sweden.<ref name=Wozencraft2005/> Studies using [[Paleogenomics|paleogenomic]] techniques reveal that the modern wolf and the dog are [[sister taxa]], as modern wolves are not closely related to the population of wolves that was first [[Domestication|domesticated]].<ref name=Larson2014/> In 2019, a workshop hosted by the [[IUCN]]/Species Survival Commission's Canid Specialist Group considered the New Guinea singing dog and the dingo to be [[feral dog|feral]] ''Canis familiaris'', and therefore should not be assessed for the [[IUCN Red List]].<ref name=Alvares2019/>