Mackenzie River wolf
Subspecies of carnivore
Mackenzie River wolf | |
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Conservation status | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Canidae |
Genus: | Canis |
Species: | C. lupus |
Subspecies: | C. l. mackenzii |
Trinomial name | |
Canis lupus mackenzii Anderson, 1943 (1908)[2][3] | |
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Historical and present range of gray wolf subspecies in North America | |
Synonyms | |
Canis albus mackenzii |
The Mackenzie River wolf or Mackenzie Arctic Wolf (Canis lupus mackenzii) is a subspecies of gray wolf which is found in Canada's southern portion of Northwest Territories. Not much has been published on Canis lupus mackenzii but one of the most comprehensive studies was done in 1954 by W.A. Fuller, Wolf Control Operations, Southern Mackenzie District, Canada Wildlife Service Report.[citation needed] This wolf is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World (2005).[4]
This wolf subspecies can be found in Thaidene Nëné National Park Reserve.[5]
References
- ^ "Canis lupus". explorer.natureserve.org.
Northwest Territories: S5
- ^ "Canis lupus mackenzii Anderson, 1943". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Joshua Ross Ginsberg, David Whyte Macdonald & IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group (1990). "Sorting out the Canidae". Foxes, wolves, jackals, and dogs: an action plan for the conservation of canids. International Union for Conservation of Nature. pp. 4–8. ISBN 978-2-88032-996-9.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Thaidene Në né National Park Reserve becomes N.W.T.'s newest protected area | CBC News".
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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)