Bernard's wolf
Bernard's wolf | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Canidae |
Genus: | Canis |
Species: | C. lupus |
Subspecies: | †C. l. bernardi
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Trinomial name | |
†Canis lupus bernardi Anderson, 1943
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Historical and present range of gray wolf subspecies in North America | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Bernard's wolf (Canis lupus bernardi), also known as the Banks Island wolf or the Banks Island tundra wolf,Victoria Island of the Arctic Archipelago.[3]
Taxonomy
It is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority in total.
Description
The wolf was described as "white with black-tipped hair along the ridge of the back". It is a large rangy wolf, with long narrow skull, slender rostrum and extremely large upper and lower carnassials.[7]
Extinction
A survey was conducted in March 1993 by the Department of Renewable Resources that was to catalog the wolf and
indigenous animal species, not a single wolf was found. The Victoria Island population is believed to have become extinct between 1918 and 1952,[8] with one source proposing around 1920.[3]
References
- OCLC 62265494.
- ^ "Elsevier's dictionary of mammals: in Latin, English, German, French and Italian" - Google Books
- ^ a b c d "The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals" - Google Books
- ^ "Bernard, P. and J.", The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins and Michael Grayson, JHU Press, 2009, Pg. 40
- ^ "Wolf Empire: An Intimate Portrait of a Species" - Google Books
- JSTOR 1374839.
- ^ "Southern Banks Island Wolf and Caribou Survey" - Department of Renewable Resources
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