| Manitoba wolf | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Genus: | Canis |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | †C. l. griseoalbus
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| Trinomial name | |
| †Canis lupus griseoalbus Baird, 1858[1]
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| Historical and present range of gray wolf subspecies in North America | |
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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).[4]
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History
In the early 19th century, John Richardson first cataloged the Manitoba wolf and gave it its taxonomic name.[5] The species itself was highly prized for its fur[6] and was hunted to extinction in the wild in the early 20th century.
References
- ^ "Canis lupus griseoalbus Baird, 1858 " – ITIS Report. Itis.gov. Retrieved on 2012-12-29.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Extra fine Manitoba Wolf scarf" – The Pittsburgh Press. News.google.com (1920-08-24). Retrieved on 2012-12-29.
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