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Gregory's wolf

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
Conservation status
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
Goldman, 1937[1]

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 60 pounds (27 kg) to 70 pounds (32 kg), on average.[5]

References

[1]
Citation Link//www.jstor.org/stable/1374306E. A. Goldman (1937). "The Wolves of North America". Journal of Mammalogy. 18 (1): 37–45. doi:10.2307/1374306. JSTOR 1374306.
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[2]
Citation Linkwww.catalogueoflife.orgRoskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev, L, eds. (May 2018). "Canis lupus gregoryi Audubon and Bachman, 1851". Catalogue of Life 2018 Checklist. Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 8 June 2018.CS1 maint: uses editors parameter (link)
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[3]
Citation Linkbooks.google.comWozencraft, 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
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[4]
Citation Link//doi.org/10.1656%2F1528-7092%282002%29001%5B0095%3ATOSOWI%5D2.0.CO%3B2Nowak, 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.
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[5]
Citation Linkbooks.google.comOklahoma Game and Fish News. Department of Wildlife Conservation, State of Oklahoma. 1954.
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[6]
Citation Linkdoi.org10.2307/1374306
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[7]
Citation Linkwww.jstor.org1374306
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[8]
Citation Linkwww.catalogueoflife.org"Canis lupus gregoryi Audubon and Bachman, 1851"
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[9]
Citation Linkwww.departments.bucknell.edu"Order Carnivora"
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[10]
Citation Linkwww.google.comMammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference
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[11]
Citation Linkwww.worldcat.org62265494
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[12]
Citation Linkbooks.google.comhttps://books.google.com/books?id=JgAMbNSt8ikC&pg=PA576
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[13]
Citation Linkdoi.org10.1656/1528-7092(2002)001[0095:TOSOWI]2.0.CO;2
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[14]
Citation Linkbooks.google.comOklahoma Game and Fish News
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