This is a list of extant species in the Canidae family ordered by average weights of adult individuals in the wild. It does not include canid hybrids, domesticated animals, or extinct canids like Epicyon haydeni, which exceeded living canids in size. Only wild species of canids are included, all of which are described as species by authentic sources.
List Rank Species Binomial name Image Maximumweight (kg) Weightrange (kg) Maximumlength (m) Lengthrange (m) Shoulderheight (cm) Native range by continent(s)Range map1Grey WolfCanis lupus79Jim Rearden (2002). The Wolves of Alaska: A Fact-based Saga. Portland Oregon: Alaska Northwest Books. p. 131. .86(verified)103 (unverified)14–652.13-2.5Heptner, V. G.; Naumov, N. P. (1998). Mammals of the Soviet Union Vol. II Part 1a, Sirenia and Carnivora (Sea cows; Wolves and Bears). Science Publishers, USA. CSA – Wolves . Commonsenseforanimals.org 1.4-1.9097North America and Eurasia2Red wolfCanis rufus4023-39 1.7 1.2-1.6580North America3Eastern wolfCanis lycaon36.723-301.80.91-1.6570North America4Maned wolfChrysocyon brachyurus3620-301.9 1.5-1.8 107South America5African wild dogLycaon pictus3620-301.5 1.10-1.4075Africa6CoyoteCanis latrans33.918-201.5 1.0-1.370North America7DholeCuon alpinus2510-211.45 0.9-1.3 56Asia8Ethiopian wolfCanis simensis2011-191.45 1.1-1.462Africa9African wolfCanis lupaster19.7 7-141.50 1.2-1.4Lydekker, Richard (1908). "The Game Animals of Africa". London, R. Ward, limited. pp. 459–46140Africa10Red foxVulpes vulpes17.2Wilkes, David (5 March 2012). "'Largest fox killed in UK' shot on Aberdeenshire farm". BBC News Online.2-141.5 0.76-1.4 50North America, Eurasia, Africa11Side-striped jackalLupulella adusta156.5-140.950.69-0.8150 Africa12Golden jackalCanis aureus14.96-141.250.69-0.85Jhala, Y. V. & Moehlman, P. D. 2004. Golden jackal Canis aureus . In Sillero-Zubiri, C., Hoffman, M. & MacDonald, D. W., ed., Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs – 2004 Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan, 156–161. IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group, 45-50Eurasia13Culpeo foxLycalopex culpaeus145-13.51.520.94-1.3345-65South America14Black-backed jackalLupulella mesomelas13 Kingdon, J. & Hoffman, M. (2013), Mammals of Africa Volume V, Bloomsbury : London, pp. 39–45, 6-121300.90-11048 East Africa and Southern Africa150px
See also
List of largest mammals Largest organisms List of largest land carnivorans List of largest wild cats
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