Gregory's wolf

Gregory's wolf (Canis lupus gregoryi),[2][3] also known as the Mississippi Valley wolf,[1] is a subspecies of the gray wolf. It was declared extinct in 1980.[4] It once roamed the regions in and around the lower Mississippi River basin.[1]

Gregory's wolf
Extinct  (1980)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species:
C. lupus
Subspecies:
†C. l. gregoryi
Trinomial name
Canis lupus gregoryi

Taxonomy

This wolf is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World (2005).[3] At one time, this canid was proposed by some authors as a subspecies of the red wolf.

Description

This subspecies is described as being larger than the red wolf, but more slender and tawny. Its coloring includes a combination of black, grey, and white, along with a large amount of cinnamon coloring along the back of its body and the top of its head.[1] It weighs around 27 to 32 kilograms (60 to 70 lb) on average.[5]

References
  1. E. A. Goldman (1937). "The Wolves of North America". Journal of Mammalogy. 18 (1): 37–45. doi:10.2307/1374306. JSTOR 1374306.
  2. Roskov Y.; Abucay L.; Orrell T.; et al., eds. (May 2018). "Canis lupus gregoryi Audubon and Bachman, 1851". Catalogue of Life 2018 Checklist. Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  3. 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
  4. Nowak, Ronald M. (2002). "The Original Status of Wolves in Eastern North America". Southeastern Naturalist. 1 (2): 95–130. doi:10.1656/1528-7092(2002)001[0095:TOSOWI]2.0.CO;2.
  5. Oklahoma Game and Fish News. Department of Wildlife Conservation, State of Oklahoma. 1954.
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