Alaskan tundra wolf
Subspecies of carnivore
Alaskan tundra wolf | |
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C. l. tundrarum, Lobo Park, Antequera, Spain | |
Conservation status | |
![]() Apparently Secure (NatureServe)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Canidae |
Genus: | Canis |
Species: | C. lupus |
Subspecies: | C. l. tundrarum |
Trinomial name | |
Canis lupus tundrarum Miller, 1912[2] | |
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Historical and present range of gray wolf subspecies in North America |
The Alaskan tundra wolf (Canis lupus tundrarum), also known as the barren-ground wolf,[3] is a North American subspecies of gray wolf native to the barren grounds of the Arctic coastal tundra region. It was named in 1912 by Gerrit Smith Miller Jr., who noted that it closely approaches the Great Plains wolf in skull and tooth morphology, though possessing a narrower rostrum and palate.[4] It is a large, white-colored wolf closely resembling C. l. pambasileus, though lighter in color.[5] This wolf is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World (2005).[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Canis lupus". explorer.natureserve.org.
- ^ "Canis lupus tundrarum Miller, 1912". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
- ^ Glover, A. (1942), Extinct and vanishing mammals of the western hemisphere, with the marine species of all the oceans, American Committee for International Wild Life Protection, pp. 226-227
- ^ Miller, G. S. (1913), The names of the large wolves of northern and western North America, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, vol. 59, no. 15
- ^ Mech, L. David (1981), The Wolf: The Ecology and Behaviour of an Endangered Species, University of Minnesota Press, p. 353, ISBN 0-8166-1026-6
- ^ 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. 575–577. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JgAMbNSt8ikC&pg=PA576
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Extant gray wolf subspecies
subspecies
- Tundra wolf (C. l. albus)
- Arabian wolf (C. l. arabs)
- Steppe wolf (C. l. campestris)
- Mongolian wolf (C. l. chanco)
- Himalayan wolf (C. l. chanco)
- Dingo (C. l. dingo)
- Domestic dog (C. l. familiaris or C. familiaris)
- Eurasian wolf (C. l. lupus)
- Indian wolf (C. l. pallipes)
subspecies
- Arctic wolf (C. l. arctos)
- Mexican wolf (C. l. baileyi)
- British Columbian wolf (C. l. columbianus)
- Vancouver Coastal Sea wolf (C. l. crassodon)
- Hudson Bay wolf (C. l. hudsonicus)
- Northern Rocky Mountain wolf (C. l. irremotus)
- Labrador wolf (C. l. labradorius)
- Alexander Archipelago wolf (C. l. ligoni)
- Eastern wolf (C. l. lycaon)
- Mackenzie River wolf (C. l. mackenzii)
- Baffin Island wolf (C. l. manningi)
- Northwestern wolf (C. l. occidentalis)
- Greenland wolf (C. l. orion)
- Alaskan Interior wolf (C. l. pambasileus)
- Red wolf (C. l. rufus) (taxonomy disputed)
- Alaskan tundra wolf (C. l. tundrarum)