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The red wolf's taxonomic classification as being a separate species has been contentious for nearly a century, being classified either as a subspecies of the gray wolf Canis lupus rufus, [9] [10] or a coywolf (a genetic admixture of wolf and coyote). Because of this, it is sometimes excluded from endangered species lists, despite its critically ...
Currently (2022) recognized as a subspecies of Canis rufus [2] as Canis rufus floridanus, but debated † C. l. fuscus Cascade Mountains wolf: Richardson, 1839 A cinnamon-colored subspecies similar to columbianus and irremotus, but darker in color. [105] The Cascade Range: gigas Townsend, 1850 [106] Currently (2022) synonymized under C. l ...
Xenocyon (strange wolf) is an extinct subgenus of Canis. [15] The diversity of the Canis group decreased by the end of the Early Pleistocene to the Middle Pleistocene and was limited in Eurasia to the small wolves of the Canis mosbachensis–Canis variabilis group and the large hypercarnivorous Canis (Xenocyon) lycaonoides. [16]
The red wolf’s journey from extinction in the wild to conservation poster child and back to the brink has been swift and stunning. The only wolf species unique to the United States, Canis rufus ...
This wolf is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World (2005). [2]Currently, this canid is widely considered to be a subspecies of the red wolf Canis rufus [5] and that a variation in the red wolf's coloring led to the creation of the Florida black wolf. [6]
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.
A beautiful Red Wolf strolls by on his path at the Alligator River national Wildlife Refuge. Gregory's wolf (Canis rufus gregoryi), [3] [4] also known as the Mississippi Valley wolf, [2] was a hybrid canine subspecies of the red wolf. It was declared extinct in 1980. [5] It once roamed the regions in and around the lower Mississippi River basin ...
[109] [110] [111] Newly proposed members include the red wolf (Canis rufus), eastern wolf (Canis lycaon), and African golden wolf (C. anthus). As they possess 78 chromosomes, all members of the genus Canis (coyotes, wolves, jackals) are karyologically indistinguishable from each other, and from the dhole and the African hunting dog.