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The eastern wolf (Canis lycaon [5] or Canis lupus lycaon [6] [7]), also known as the timber wolf, [8] Algonquin wolf and eastern timber wolf, [9] is a canine of debated taxonomy native to the Great Lakes region and southeastern Canada.
The northwestern wolf (Canis lupus occidentalis), also known as the Mackenzie Valley wolf, [5] Alaskan timber wolf, [6] or Canadian timber wolf, [7] is a subspecies of gray wolf in western North America.
The northern Rocky Mountain wolf (Canis lupus irremotus), also known as the northern Rocky Mountain timber wolf, [3] is a subspecies of the gray wolf native to the northern Rocky Mountains. It is a light-colored, medium to large-sized subspecies with a narrow, flattened frontal bone . [ 4 ]
But in the interest of adding science and facts to the discussion, I'd like to draw everyone's attention to the Voyageurs Wolf Project. The project, led by Thomas Gable, has been collecting data ...
In 2021, a mitochondrial DNA analysis of North American wolf-like canines indicates that the extinct Late Pleistocene Beringian wolf was the ancestor of the southern wolf clade, which includes the Mexican wolf and the Great Plains wolf. The Mexican wolf is the most ancestral of the gray wolves that live in North America today. [17]
Timber Wolf (character), DC comics character Timberwolf, a fictional species in the TV series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic; Timberwolf, an age-based traditional scouting section in the Baden-Powell Service Association
It is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World (2005). [6] It was first described in 1905 by the American zoologist Daniel Elliot as Canis pambasileus and with the name "autocrat timber wolf", based on a specimen from the Susitna River, Mount McKinley region, Alaska.
Since 1973, the gray wolf has been on and off the federal government's endangered species list. When the wolves are on the list, advocates say the protections help wolves' place in the natural ...