The Texas wolf (Canis lupus monstrabilis) is an extinct subspecies of gray wolf, distinct from the Texas red wolf (Canis rufus), whose range once included southern and western Texas and northeastern Mexico.
| Texas wolf | |
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| Illustration based on a description by Edward Alphonso Goldman | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Genus: | Canis |
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| Subspecies: | †C. l. monstrabilis
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| Trinomial name | |
| †Canis lupus monstrabilis Goldman, 1937[1]
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| Historical and present range of gray wolf subspecies in North America | |
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Description
editIt was darker than its more northern cousins, and has a highly arched frontal bone.[3]
Taxonomy
editIt is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World (2005).[2]
References
edit- ^ "Canis lupus monstrabilis Goldman, 1937" – ITIS Report. Itis.gov. Retrieved on 2012-12-31.
- ^ 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. 575–577. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JgAMbNSt8ikC&pg=PA576
- ^ Glover, A. (1942), Extinct and vanishing mammals of the western hemisphere, with the marine species of all the oceans, American Committee for International Wild Life Protection, pp. 218-219.