Mackenzie River wolf

Mackenzie River wolf
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Family:Canidae
Genus:Canis
Species: C. lupus
Subspecies: C. l. mackenzii
Trinomial name
Canis lupus mackenzii
Anderson, 1943 (1908)[1][2]
Historical and present range of gray wolf subspecies in North America

The Mackenzie River wolf (Canis lupus mackenzii) is a subspecies of gray wolf which is found in the Canadian Northwest Territories. Not much has been "published" on Canis lupus mackenzii but one of the most comprehensive studies was done in 1954 by W.A. Fuller, Wolf Control Operations, Southern Mackenzie District, Canada Wildlife Service Report.[3] This wolf is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World (2005).[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Canis lupus mackenzii Anderson, 1943". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ↑ Joshua Ross Ginsberg, David Whyte Macdonald & IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group (1990). "Sorting out the Canidae". Foxes, wolves, jackals, and dogs: an action plan for the conservation of canids. International Union for Conservation of Nature. pp. 4–8. ISBN 978-2-88032-996-9.
  3. ↑ The Mackenzie Wolf: Canis lupus mackenzii. petandwildlife.com
  4. ↑ Wozencraft, W.C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. 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
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