Texas_wolf

Texas wolf

Texas wolf

Extinct subspecies of gray wolf

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.

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Description

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

Taxonomy

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

References

  1. [1]
    "Canis lupus monstrabilis Goldman, 1937" – ITIS Report. Itis.gov. Retrieved on 2012-12-31.
  2. [2]
    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. [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.
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