In 2003, the ICZN ruled in its Opinion 2027 that if wild animals and their domesticated derivatives are regarded as one species, then the scientific name of that species is the scientific name of the wild animal. In 2005, the third edition of Mammal Species of the World upheld Opinion 2027 with the name Lupus and the note: "Includes the domestic dog as a subspecies, with the dingo provisionally separate - artificial variants created by domestication and selective breeding". However, Canis familiaris is sometimes used due to an ongoing nomenclature debate because wild and domestic animals are separately recognizable entities and that the ICZN allowed users a choice as to which name they could use, and a number of internationally recognized researchers prefer to use Canis familiaris. COUNT 7
QSN1 What year was it decided that if wolves and dogs were one species, then their scientific name is the name of the wild variety? ANS1 2003 QSN2 What 2005 publication in its third edition kept to that ruling? ANS2 Mammal Species of the World QSN3 What Latin dog term is still used because wild and domesticated dogs are recognizably different? ANS3 Canis familiaris. QSN4 What official body recognizes both Canis lupus and Canis familiaris? ANS4 ICZN QSN5 Many researchers prefer what term? ANS5 Canis familiaris. QSN6 Who ruled in 2003 that scientific names for wild animals share the same scientific name as their domestic counterparts? ANS6 ICZN QSN7 What was this decision called? ANS7 Opinion 2027