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Gray Wolf
Fossil range: Late Pleistocene - Recent

Iberian Wolf (Canis lupus signatus)

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Genus:	Canis
Species:	C. lupus

Binomial name

Canis lupus
Linnaeus, 1758

Original distribution of wolf subspecies.

Present distribution of wolf subspecies.

Canis lupus has 39 subspecies currently described, including two subspecies of domestic dog, Canis lupus dingo and Canis lupus familiaris, and many subspecies of wolf throughout the northern hemisphere. The nominative subspecies is Canis lupus lupus.

Biological taxonomy is not fixed, and placement of taxa is reviewed as a result of new research. The current categorization of subspecies of Canis lupus is shown below. Also included are synonyms, which are now-discarded duplicate or incorrect namings. Common names are given but may vary, as they have no set meaning.

1 List of Subspecies
- 1.1 Italian Wolf and Iberian Wolf
2 Gallery
3 References
4 External links

List of Subspecies

*Canis lupus* subspecies as of 2005^[update]^[2]
Subspecies	Author	Common Name
Canis lupus lupus	Linnaeus, 1758	Common (Eurasian) Grey Wolf
Canis lupus albus	Kerr, 1792	Tundra Wolf, Turukhan Wolf, Arctic Wolf, White Wolf (Finland to eastern Russia)
Canis lupus alces	Goldman, 1941	Kenai (Alaska) Peninsula Wolf, extinct by 1925
Canis lupus arabs	Pocock, 1934	Arabian Wolf (Saudi Arabia)
Canis lupus arctos	Pocock, 1935	Arctic Wolf, White Wolf, Polar Wolf (Northern Canada, Greenland)
Canis lupus baileyi	Nelson and Goldman, 1929	Mexican Wolf (central Mexico to southwestern United States)
Canis lupus beothucus	G. M. Allen and Barbour, 1937	Newfoundland Wolf (Newfoundland, Canada) (extinct)
Canis lupus bernardi	Anderson, 1943	Bernard's Wolf (Arctic)
Canis lupus campestris	Dwigubski, 1804	Steppe Wolf (Central Asia)
Canis lupus chanco	Gray, 1863	Tibetan wolf, Himalayan wolf, Chinese wolf
Canis lupus columbianus	Goldman, 1941	British Columbia Wolf (Western Canada) (extinct)
Canis lupus crassodon	Hall, 1932	Vancouver Island Wolf (Canada)
Canis lupus dingo	Meyer, 1793	Dingo, wild dog of Australia and South-east Asia: dingo and familiaris provisionally separate, 2003
Canis lupus familiaris	Linnaeus, 1758	Domestic dog
Canis lupus floridanus	Miller, 1912	Florida Black Wolf (Florida, United States) (extinct)
Canis lupus fuscus	Richardson, 1839	Cascade Mountain Wolf (Cascade Mountains, Canada and United States)
Canis lupus gregoryi	Goldman, 1937
Canis lupus griseoalbus	Baird, 1858; syn. knightii (Anderson, 1945)	Manitoba Wolf (Central Manitoba and northern Saskatchewan, Canada) (extinct)
Canis lupus hattai	Kishida, 1931	Kishida Wolf (Japan) (extinct)
Canis lupus hodophilax	Temminck, 1839	Honsh- Wolf (Honsh- Islands, Japan) (extinct)
Canis lupus hudsonicus	Goldman, 1941	Hudson Bay Wolf, Tundra Wolf (Alaska and Canada)
Canis lupus irremotus	Goldman, 1937	Northern Rocky Mountains Wolf (Rocky Mountains, United States and Canada)
Canis lupus labradorius	Goldman, 1937	Labrador Wolf (Northern Quebec and Labrador, Canada)
Canis lupus ligoni	Goldman, 1937	Alexander Archipelago Wolf (Alexander Archipelago Islands in the Arctic)
Canis lupus lycaon	Schreber, 1775	Eastern North America Timber Wolf
Canis lupus mackenzii	Anderson, 1943	Mackenzie Tundra Wolf (Mackenzie River drainage, Canada)
Canis lupus manningi	Anderson, 1943	Baffin Island Wolf (Baffin Island, Canada)
Canis lupus mogollonensis	Goldman, 1937	Mogollon Mountain Wolf (Mogollon, New Mexico, southwest United States) (extinct)
Canis lupus monstrabilis	Goldman, 1937; syn. niger (Bartram, 1791)	Texas Wolf (Texas, US and northern Mexico) (extinct, 1942)
Canis lupus nubilus	Say, 1823	Great Plains Wolf (Central North America)
Canis lupus occidentalis	Richardson, 1829	Rocky Mountain Wolf (Canada, US)
Canis lupus orion	Pocock, 1935
Canis lupus pallipes	Sykes, 1831	Iranian Wolf (Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India)
Canis lupus pambasileus	Elliot, 1905
Canis lupus rufus	Audubon and Bachman, 1851	Red Wolf (Perhaps a hybrid, status uncertain)
Canis lupus tundrarum	Miller, 1912	Alaskan Tundra Wolf (northeastern Alaska, USA), heavier dentition than pambasileus
Canis lupus youngi	Goldman, 1937

Italian Wolf and Iberian Wolf

Two subspecies not mentioned in the list above include the Italian Wolf (Canis lupus italicus) and the Iberian Wolf (Canis lupus signatus). The wolves of the Italian and Iberian peninsulas are morphologically and genetically distinct from other European wolves and each are now considered to represent their own subspecies. ^[3]^[4]^[5]

Gallery

References

^ Mech & Boitani (2004). Canis lupus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2006-05-05. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern.
^ Wozencraft, W. C. (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
^ V. LUCCHINI, A. GALOV and E. RANDI Evidence of genetic distinction and long-term population decline in wolves (Canis lupus) in the Italian Apennines. Molecular Ecology (2004) 13, 523-536. abstract online
^ European Mammal Assessment - Canis lupus
^ J. Vos: Food habits and livestock depredation of two Iberian wolf packs (Canis lupus signatus) in the north of Portugal. Journal of Zoology (2000), 251: 457-462 Cambridge University Press. online abstract

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Extant species of family Canidae

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Carnivora · Suborder: Caniformia

True
dogs

Canis	Side-striped Jackal (Canis adustus) · Golden Jackal (Canis aureus) · Himalayan Wolf (Canis himalayaensis) · Indian Wolf (Canis indica or Canis pallipes) · Coyote (Canis latrans) · Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) · Red Wolf (Canis rufus) · Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) · Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis)

Cuon	Dhole (Cuon alpinus)

Lycaon	African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus)

Atelocynus	Short-eared Dog (Atelocynus microtis)

Cerdocyon	Crab-eating Fox (Cerdocyon thous)

Lycalopex	Culpeo (Lycalopex culpaeus) · Darwin's Fox (Lycalopex fulvipes) · South American Grey Fox (Lycalopex griseus) · Pampas Fox (Lycalopex gymnocercus) · Sechura Fox (Lycalopex sechurae) · Hoary Fox (Lycalopex vetulus)

Chrysocyon	Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)

Speothos	Bush Dog (Speothos venaticus)

True
foxes

Alopex	Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus)

Vulpes	Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) · Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) · Kit Fox (Vulpes macrotis) · Corsac Fox (Vulpes corsac) · Cape Fox (Vulpes chama) · Pale Fox (Vulpes pallida) · Bengal Fox (Vulpes bengalensis) · Tibetan Fox (Vulpes ferrilata) · Blanford's Fox (Vulpes cana) · Rüppell's Fox (Vulpes rueppelli) · Fennec (Vulpes zerda)

Urocyon	Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) · Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis) · Cozumel Fox (Urocyon sp)

Basal
Caninae

Otocyon	Bat-eared Fox (Otocyon megalotis)

Nyctereutes	Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)

Category

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Contents

List of Subspecies

Italian Wolf and Iberian Wolf

Gallery

References

External links