| Manitoba wolf | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Genus: | Canis |
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| Trinomial name | |
| †Canis lupus griseoalbus Baird, 1858[1] | |
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| Historical and present range ofgray wolf subspecies in North America | |
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TheManitoba wolf (Canis lupus griseoalbus), also known as thegrey-white wolf,[3] is an extinctsubspecies of gray wolf that roamed in the southernNorthwest Territories, northernAlberta,Saskatchewan, and south-centralManitoba. This wolf is recognized as a subspecies ofCanis lupus in the taxonomic authorityMammal Species of the World (2005).[2]
In the early 19th century,John Richardson first cataloged the Manitoba wolf and gave it itstaxonomic 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.
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