Florida black wolf

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Florida black wolf
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A Florida black wolf as drawn by James Audubon in Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species:
Subspecies:
C. r. floridanus
Trinomial name
Canis rufus floridanus
Miller, 1912 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Canis floridanus(Miller, 1912) [1]
  • Canis lupus floridanus

The Florida black wolf (Canis rufus floridanus), [2] [3] also known as the Florida wolf and the black wolf, [4] is an extinct subspecies of red wolf [2] that was endemic to Florida.

Species controversy

This wolf is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World (2005). [2]

Currently, this canid is widely considered to be a subspecies of the red wolf Canis rufus [5] and that a variation in the red wolf's coloring led to the creation of the Florida black wolf. [6] It was believed by one author that instead of being a subspecies of the red wolf, it was actually a type of coyote. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Miller, Gerrit S. Jr. (May 4, 1912). "THE NAMES OF TWO SOUTH AMERICAN WOLVES". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . 25: 95.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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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