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 .