Manitoba wolf

Manitoba wolf
Conservation status
	Extinct
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Genus:	Canis
Species:	C. lupus
Subspecies:	†C. l. griseoalbus
Trinomial name
	†Canis lupus griseoalbus; Baird, 1858
	Historical and present range of gray wolf subspecies in North America
Synonyms
	knightii (Anderson, 1945);

The Manitoba wolf (Canis lupus griseoalbus), also known as the grey-white wolf,^[3] is an extinct subspecies of gray wolf that roamed in the southern Northwest Territories, northern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and south-central Manitoba. This wolf is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World (2005).^[2]

History

In the early 19th century, John Richardson first cataloged the Manitoba wolf and gave it its taxonomic name.^[4] The species itself was highly prized for its fur^[5] and was hunted to extinction in the wild in the early 20th century.

References

^ "Canis lupus griseoalbus Baird, 1858 " – ITIS Report. Itis.gov. Retrieved on 2012-12-29.
^ ^a ^b Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 532–628. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ Murray Wrobel (2007). Elsevier's Dictionary of Mammals: In Latin, English, German, French and Italian. Elsevier. pp. 69–. ISBN 978-0-444-51877-4. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
^ Sir John Richardson; Clarence Stuart Houston (1994). Arctic Ordeal: The Journal of John Richardson, Surgeon-Naturalist With Franklin 1820–1822. McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP. pp. 250–. ISBN 978-0-7735-1223-8. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
^ "Extra fine Manitoba Wolf scarf" – The Pittsburgh Press. News.google.com (1920-08-24). Retrieved on 2012-12-29.

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[1] "Canis lupus griseoalbus Baird, 1858 " – ITIS Report. Itis.gov. Retrieved on 2012-12-29.

[MSW3-2] Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 532–628. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[3] Murray Wrobel (2007). Elsevier's Dictionary of Mammals: In Latin, English, German, French and Italian. Elsevier. pp. 69–. ISBN 978-0-444-51877-4. Retrieved 29 December 2012.

[4] Sir John Richardson; Clarence Stuart Houston (1994). Arctic Ordeal: The Journal of John Richardson, Surgeon-Naturalist With Franklin 1820–1822. McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP. pp. 250–. ISBN 978-0-7735-1223-8. Retrieved 29 December 2012.

[5] "Extra fine Manitoba Wolf scarf" – The Pittsburgh Press. News.google.com (1920-08-24). Retrieved on 2012-12-29.

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