British Columbia wolf

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British Columbia wolf
Conservation status

Extinct  (1941)  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species: C. lupus
Subspecies: C. l. columbianus
Trinomial name
Canis lupus columbianus
Goldman, 1941

The British Columbia wolf (Canis lupus columbianus) was a subspecies of the gray wolf, Canis lupus, that ranged from the Yukon to British Columbia and Alberta.[1] It became extinct in 1941.[2]

References

  1. "The truth about wolves" - The Big Sky Weekly
  2. "Canis lupus columbianus Goldman, 1941 " - Encyclopedia of Life

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