Texas wolf facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Texas wolf |
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| Illustration based on a description by Edward Alphonso Goldman | |
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Extinct (19th century)
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Genus: | Canis |
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†C. l. monstrabilis
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| Trinomial name | |
| Canis lupus monstrabilis Goldman, 1937
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| Historical and present range of gray wolf subspecies in North America | |
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The Texas wolf (Canis lupus monstrabilis) is an extinct subspecies of gray wolf, distinct from the Texas red wolf (Canis lupus rufus), whose range once included southern and western Texas and northeastern Mexico. It is darker than its more northern cousins, and has a highly arched frontal bone. This wolf is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World (2005).
See also
In Spanish: Canis lupus monstrabilis para niños
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