Caspian Sea Wolf

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Caspian Sea Wolf
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species: C. lupus
Subspecies: C. l. campestris
Trinomial name
Canis lupus campestris
Dwigubski, 1804
Caspian Sea wolf range
Caspian Sea wolf range
Main article: Gray Wolf

The Caspian Sea Wolf (Canis lupus campestris), also known as the Caucasian Wolf, is a critically endangered[citation needed] subspecies of the Gray Wolf, and was once found throughout the area between the Caspian and Black seas. Now an extremely rare animal, it exists only in a remote area in the extreme southeastern portion of Russia that borders the Caspian Sea.


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