Texas wolf

Texas wolf
Illustration based on a description by Edward Alphonso Goldman
Conservation status
Extinct  (19th century)  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Genus:	Canis
Species:	C. lupus
Subspecies:	†C. l. monstrabilis
Trinomial name
†Canis lupus monstrabilis Goldman, 1937 [1]
Historical and present range of gray wolf subspecies in North America
Synonyms [2]
niger (Bartram, 1791)

The Texas wolf (Canis lupus monstrabilis) is an extinct subspecies of gray wolf, distinct from the Texas red wolf (Canis rufus), whose range once included southern and western Texas and northeastern Mexico.

Description

It was darker than its more northern cousins, and has a highly arched frontal bone. ^[3] The Texas grey wolf's weight ranged from 34 to 45 kg (75 to 100 lb). ^[4]

Taxonomy

It is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World (2005). ^[2] The subspecies' name monstrābilis means "remarkable, noteworthy" in Latin, and derives from the verb mōnstrāre (to show) and the suffix -ābilis (worthy of). ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. "Canis lupus monstrabilis Goldman, 1937" – ITIS Report. Itis.gov. Retrieved on 2012-12-31.
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. 575–577. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494. url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JgAMbNSt8ikC&pg=PA576
3. Glover, A. (1942), Extinct and vanishing mammals of the western hemisphere, with the marine species of all the oceans, American Committee for International Wild Life Protection, pp. 218-219.
4. Science News Letter. Vol. 12. Washington D.C.: Science Service. 1927-09-24. pp. 205–206.
5. de Wailly, Alfred (1858). Nouveau dictionnaire français-latin (in French). Dezobry, E. Magdeleine et cie. p. 812. Remarquable par sa probité et ses manière. = Homo morum probitate et ingenii elegantia monstrabilis.
6. Ainsworth, Robert (1837). An abridgment of Ainsworth's dictionary: English and Latin. Uriah Hunt. p. 749. Monstrābilis, e. (adj.) Worthy to be shown, or taken notice of.