Texas wolf

Texas wolf
Illustration based on a description by Edward Alphonso Goldman

Extinct (19th century) (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific 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
Historical and present range of gray wolf subspecies in North America
Synonyms
  • 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

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

Taxonomy

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


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