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Extinct subspecies of gray wolf
Texas wolf
Illustration based on a description by Edward Alphonso Goldman

Extinct (19th century)  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species:
Subspecies:
C. l. monstrabilis
Trinomial name
Canis lupus monstrabilis
Goldman, 1937[1]
Historical and present range of gray wolf subspecies in North America
Synonyms [2]
  • niger (Bartram, 1791)

The Texas wolf (Canis lupus monstrabilis) is an extinct subspecies of gray wolf, distinct from the Texas red wolf (Canis rufus), whose range once included southern and western Texas and northeastern Mexico.

Description

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It was darker than its more northern cousins, and has a highly arched frontal bone.[3]

Taxonomy

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It is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World (2005).[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Canis lupus monstrabilis Goldman, 1937" – ITIS Report. Itis.gov. Retrieved on 2012年12月31日.
  2. ^ a b 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
  3. ^ 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. 218-219.
Extinct Canidae
Hesperocyoninae
Osbornodon
Phlaocyonini
Phlaocyon
Cynarctina
Aelurodontina
Borophagina
Borophagus
Caninae
    • see below↓
Urocyon
Nyctereutes
(raccoon dogs)
Vulpes
(true foxes)
Cerdocyonina
(zorro)
Speothos
Dusicyon
Lycalopex
(South American foxes)
Canina (wolf-like canids)
    • see below↓
Eucyon
Lycaon
Dhole (Cuon alpinus)
Coyote (C. latrans)
Red wolf (C. rufus)
Prehistoric
Recently
extinct

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