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Wolf Classification
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Description |
Melville Island Wolf |
Canis Lupus Arctos |
This wolf only occurs on the arctic islands from Melville Island to Ellesmere Island. This animal is white and of medium size. |
Mexican Wolf |
Canis Lupus baileyi |
This is the smallest North American gray wolf. It occupies the most southern territory. It lives in the Sierra Madre and the surrounding region of western Mexico. It is generally dark and grizzly colored. It once roamed the areas of Arizona and New Mexico. |
Eastern timber wolf |
Canis Lupus Lycaon |
This wolf had the most extensive range of any other subspecies. Its original range covered the eastern United States, including Florida and west to Minnesota. These animals come in every color imaginable. |
Great Plains Wolf, Buffalo Wolf, Loafer |
Canis Lupus Nubilus |
This animal once roamed the area from southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Canada, to northern Texas. This was a medium sized animal with great variability in color. |
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Canis lupus Occidentalis |
This wolf lived in the upper Mackenzie River Valley southward into Alberta. It represented some largest wolves in North America. The color of these animals varies from black to almost pure white. |
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Subspecies of Wolves in Eurasia
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Description |
Tundra Wolf |
Canis Lupus Albus(Kerr , 1792) |
This wolf occurs throughout the Eurasian tundra and forest-tundra from Finland eastward to the Kamchaika Peninsula. It is a large, long-furred, light-colored animal much like its North American counterpart: Canis Lupus Tundarum. |
No Name |
Canis Lupus Arabs(Pocock, 1934) |
This is a small wolf with a short thin coat. It occurs in Southern Arabia. |
Steppe Wolf |
Canis Lupus Campestris(Dwigubski, 1804) |
The steppe wolf is a small wolf inhabiting the deserts and steppes of Central Asia. It has a short coarse coat that is dull gray with a tint of ochre. |
No Name |
Canis Lupus Hattai(Kishida, 1931) |
This wolf once roamed the area of Hokkaido, Japan. It appears to be extinct. |
No Name |
Canis Lupus Hodophilax(Temminck, 1839) |
Extinct. This wolf occurred in Hondo, Japan. |
Tibetan Wolf |
Canis Lupus Laniger(Hodgson, 1847) |
This is a medium sized wolf with long lightly colored fur. It inhabits mainland China, Manchuria, Mongolia, Tibet, and southwestern Russia. |
Common Wolf |
Canis Lupus Lupus(Linnaeus, 1758) |
This is the wolf that once occurred throughout Europe and the entire forest of Russia. It is a medium sized animal with coarse dark fur. |
No Name |
Canis Lupus Pallipes(Sykes, 1831) |
This wolf inhabited Iran and India and the lands in between these two countries |
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