Hudson Bay wolf
Subspecies of carnivore
| Hudson Bay wolf | |
|---|---|
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| C. l. occidentalis, Olomouc Zoo, Czech Republic | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Genus: | Canis |
| Species: | C. lupus |
| Subspecies: | C. l. hudsonicus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Canis lupus hudsonicus Goldman, 1941 | |
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| Historical and present range of gray wolf subspecies in North America | |
| Synonyms | |
| Canis albus hudsonicus | |
The Hudson Bay wolf (Canis lupus hudsonicus) is a subspecies of gray wolf native to the northern Kivalliq Region, including the northwestern coast of Hudson Bay in Canada. It was first classed as a distinct subspecies in 1941 by Edward Goldman, who described it as being a white colored, medium-sized subspecies similar to C. l. arctos, but with a flatter skull.[2] This wolf is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World (2005).[3]
References
- ^ "Canis lupus". explorer.natureserve.org.
Nunavut: S5
- ^ Goldman, E. A. (1941), Three new Wolves from North America, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 54: 109- 113
- ^ 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
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Extant gray wolf subspecies
subspecies
- Tundra wolf (C. l. albus)
- Arabian wolf (C. l. arabs)
- Steppe wolf (C. l. campestris)
- Mongolian wolf (C. l. chanco)
- Himalayan wolf (C. l. chanco)
- Dingo (C. l. dingo)
- Domestic dog (C. l. familiaris or C. familiaris)
- Eurasian wolf (C. l. lupus)
- Indian wolf (C. l. pallipes)
subspecies
- Arctic wolf (C. l. arctos)
- Mexican wolf (C. l. baileyi)
- British Columbian wolf (C. l. columbianus)
- Vancouver Coastal Sea wolf (C. l. crassodon)
- Hudson Bay wolf (C. l. hudsonicus)
- Northern Rocky Mountain wolf (C. l. irremotus)
- Labrador wolf (C. l. labradorius)
- Alexander Archipelago wolf (C. l. ligoni)
- Eastern wolf (C. l. lycaon)
- Mackenzie River wolf (C. l. mackenzii)
- Baffin Island wolf (C. l. manningi)
- Northwestern wolf (C. l. occidentalis)
- Greenland wolf (C. l. orion)
- Alaskan Interior wolf (C. l. pambasileus)
- Red wolf (C. l. rufus) (taxonomy disputed)
- Alaskan tundra wolf (C. l. tundrarum)
