Alaskan tundra wolf
| Alaskan tundra wolf | |
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| C. l. tundrarum, Lobo Park, Antequera, Spain | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Genus: | Canis |
| Species: | C. lupus |
| Subspecies: | C. l. tundrarum
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| 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,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
- ISBN 0-8166-1026-6
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