Manitoba wolf

Manitoba wolf
Conservation status
Extinct
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Genus:	Canis
Species:	C. lupus
Subspecies:	†C. l. griseoalbus
Trinomial name
†Canis lupus griseoalbus Baird, 1858 [1]
Historical and present range of gray wolf subspecies in North America
Synonyms [2]
knightii (Anderson, 1945)

The Manitoba wolf (Canis lupus griseoalbus), also known as the grey-white wolf, ^[3] is an extinct subspecies of gray wolf that roamed in the southern Northwest Territories, northern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and south-central Manitoba. This wolf is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World (2005). ^[2]

History

In the early 19th century, John Richardson first cataloged the Manitoba wolf and gave it its taxonomic name. ^[4] The species itself was highly prized for its fur ^[5] and was hunted to extinction in the wild in the early 20th century.

References

1. "Canis lupus griseoalbus Baird, 1858 " – ITIS Report. Itis.gov. Retrieved on 2012-12-29.
2. 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. 532–628. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
3. Murray Wrobel (2007). Elsevier's Dictionary of Mammals: In Latin, English, German, French and Italian. Elsevier. pp. 69–. ISBN   978-0-444-51877-4 . Retrieved 29 December 2012.
4. Sir John Richardson; Clarence Stuart Houston (1994). Arctic Ordeal: The Journal of John Richardson, Surgeon-Naturalist With Franklin 1820–1822. McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP. pp. 250–. ISBN   978-0-7735-1223-8 . Retrieved 29 December 2012.
5. "Extra fine Manitoba Wolf scarf" – The Pittsburgh Press. News.google.com (1920-08-24). Retrieved on 2012-12-29.