Florida black wolf

Florida black wolf
A Florida black wolf as drawn by James Audubon in Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America
Extinct  (1908)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Family:Canidae
Genus:Canis
Species: C. lupus
Subspecies: †C. l. floridanus
Trinomial name
Canis lupus floridanus
Wozencraft, 2005[1]
Synonyms[1]

Canis floridanus (Miller, 1912)[2]

The Florida black wolf (Canis lupus floridanus),[1][3] also known as the Florida wolf and the black wolf,[4] is an extinct subspecies of Canis lupus[1] that lived in Florida. This subspecies became extinct in 1908 due to crowding out of its habitat and hunting.[5]

Species controversy

This wolf is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World (2005).[1]

At one time this canid was proposed by some authors as a subspecies of the red wolf - the red wolf once lived primarily in Texas [6] - and that a variation in the red wolf's coloring led to the creation of the Florida black wolf.[7] A red colored species, known as the Florida red wolf, once resided in Florida as well, though it also became extinct in 1921.[5] It was believed by one author that both species, instead of being a subspecies of the red wolf, were actually a type of coyote, which led to the change in the trinomial name to Canis niger niger.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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
  2. ↑ Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 25, p. 95, May 4 1912
  3. ↑ Canis lupus floridanus, Catalogue of Life
  4. ↑ Murray Wrobel (2007). Elsevier's Dictionary of Mammals: In Latin, English, German, French and Italian. Elsevier. pp. 72–. ISBN 978-0-444-51877-4.
  5. 1 2 "For saving the Florida panther, it's desperation time" – St. Petersburg Times. Pqasb.pqarchiver.com (1990-02-11). Retrieved on 2012-12-30.
  6. ↑ "BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA: A Short History to 1955" – Google Docs. Docs.google.com. Retrieved on 2012-12-30.
  7. ↑ Lois Denny (2004). Alsatian Shepalute's: A New Breed For A New Millennium. AuthorHouse. pp. 42–. ISBN 978-1-4184-3922-4.
  8. ↑ Jay H. Lehr; Janet K. Lehr (2000). Std Hndbk Env Health, Sci. McGraw Hill Professional. pp. 6–. ISBN 978-0-07-038309-8.
  • Tiffin Shewmake (2002). Canine Courage. PageFree Publishing, Inc. pp. 33–. ISBN 978-1-930252-89-9.
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