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Extinct subspecies of carnivore

Manitoba wolf
Conservation status
Extinct
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species: C. lupus
Subspecies: †C. l. griseoalbus
Trinomial name
†Canis lupus griseoalbus
Baird, 1858
Historical and present range of gray wolf subspecies in North America
Synonyms
  • knightii (Anderson, 1945)

The Manitoba wolf (Canis lupus griseoalbus), also known as the grey-white wolf, is an extinct subspecies of gray wolf that roamed in the southern Northwest Territories, northern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and south-central Manitoba. This wolf is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World (2005).

History

In the early 19th century, John Richardson first cataloged the Manitoba wolf and gave it its taxonomic name. The species itself was highly prized for its fur and was hunted to extinction in the wild in the early 20th century.

References

  1. "Canis lupus griseoalbus Baird, 1858 " – ITIS Report. Itis.gov. Retrieved on 2012-12-29.
  2. ^ Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 532–628. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. Murray Wrobel (2007). Elsevier's Dictionary of Mammals: In Latin, English, German, French and Italian. Elsevier. pp. 69–. ISBN 978-0-444-51877-4. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  4. Sir John Richardson; Clarence Stuart Houston (1994). Arctic Ordeal: The Journal of John Richardson, Surgeon-Naturalist With Franklin 1820–1822. McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP. pp. 250–. ISBN 978-0-7735-1223-8. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  5. "Extra fine Manitoba Wolf scarf" – The Pittsburgh Press. News.google.com (1920-08-24). Retrieved on 2012-12-29.
Taxon identifiers
Canis lupus griseoalbus


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