| Cascade Mountain Wolf | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Genus: | Canis |
| Species: | C. lupus |
| Subspecies: | C. l. fuscus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Canis lupus fuscus Richardson 1839[1] |
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The Cascade Mountain Wolf (Canis lupus fuscus), also known as the Cascade Mountains Wolf, was a subspecies of the gray wolf, Canis lupus, and was normally found in British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington.[2] It was originally identified as a separate species from other wolves in the area by Edward Goldman in 1945,[3] though the authority for the species was made much earlier by Richardson in 1839.[4] The species itself became extinct in 1940.[2]
It was described as a cinnamon coloured wolf measuring 165 cm and weighing 36–49 kg.[5]