Order Carnivora Author W. Christopher Wozencraft text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 279 348 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7359191 1-56098-217-9 7359191 Canis aureus Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:40 . TYPE LOCALITY: "oriente", restricted by Thomas (1911a) to "Bennd Mts., Laristan, S. Persia " [Iran]. DISTRIBUTION: N and E Africa, south to Senegal , Nigeria , and Tanzania ; SW Asia; SE Europe; Transcaucasia; C Asia; Iran ; Afghanistan ; S Asia to Thailand , including Sri Lanka . STATUS: CITES - Appendix III ( India ). SYNONYMS: algirensis Wagner, 1841; anthus Cuvier, 1820 ; balcanicus Brusina, 1892; barbarus Hfamilton]. Smith, 1839; bea Heller, 1914; caucasico Kolenati, 1858; cruesemanni Matschie, 1900 ; dalmatinus Wagner, 1841; doederleini Hilzheimer, 1906; ecsedensis Kretzoi, 1947; gallaensis Lorenz, 1906; graecus Wagner, 1841; grayi Hilzheimer, 1906; hadramauticus Noack, 1896; hungaricus Ehik, 1938; indicus Hodgson, 1833 ; kola Wroughton, 1916; lanka Wroughton, 1916; lupaster Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1833 ; maroccanus Cabrera, 1921; mengesi Noack, 1897; minor Mojsisovico, 1897 ; moreotica I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1835; noria Wroughton, 1916; nubianus Cabrera, 1921; riparius Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1832; sacer Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1833; senegalensis Hfamilton ], Smith, 1839; somalicus Lorenz, 1906; soudanicus Thomas, 1903 ; studeri Hilzheimer, 1906 ; syriacus Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1833; thooides Hilzheimer, 1906; tripolitanus Wagner, 1841; typicus Kolenati, 1858 ; variegatus Cretzschmar, 1826 ; vulgaris Wagner, 1841 .