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This wolf is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World (2005). [3]Because of its overlapping range with the Mexican wolf (C. l. baileyi), along with the Texas wolf (C. l. monstrabilis), it was proposed by biologists Bogan and Mehlhop for the Mogollon mountain wolf and the Texas wolf to be considered subspecies as the Mexican wolf.
Mogollon mountain wolf: Canis lupus mogollonensis: Arizona: Last recorded in 1935. [26] Considered a synonym of the Great Plains wolf (C. l. nubilus) or the Mexican wolf (C. l. baileyi) by different authors. [25] Texas gray wolf: Canis lupus monstrabilis: Texas: Last recorded in 1942. [26] Considered a synonym of the Mexican wolf (C. l. baileyi ...
In 2021, a mitochondrial DNA analysis of North American wolf-like canines indicates that the extinct Late Pleistocene Beringian wolf was the ancestor of the southern wolf clade, which includes the Mexican wolf and the Great Plains wolf. The Mexican wolf is the most ancestral of the gray wolves that live in North America today. [17]
The red wolf is an enigmatic taxon, of which there are two proposals over its origin. One is that the red wolf is a distinct species (C. rufus) that has undergone human-influenced admixture with coyotes. The other is that it was never a distinct species but was derived from past admixture between coyotes and gray wolves, due to the gray wolf ...
The Canadian province has "an abundant gray wolf population" somewhere between 5,300 and 11,600, according to CPW. CPW captured 15 wolves and released them on three separate days between Jan. 12 ...
The Dhole or mountain wolf (Cuon alpinus) is a canid species native to Asia. Mountain wolf may also refer to: Northern Rocky Mountain wolf (Canis lupus irremotus) Southern Rocky Mountain wolf (Canis lupus youngi) Cascade mountain wolf (Canis lupus fuscus) Mogollon mountain wolf (Canis lupus mogollonensis), an extinct subspecies of gray wolf
Lawsuits began, and on Feb. 10, 2022, gray wolves in the lower 48 states — with the exception of the Northern Rocky Mountain population — were added back to the list by a court order.
The Rocky Mountain Wolf Project had spearheaded Colorado's wolf reintroduction. "The agency needs to take this opportunity to digest the lessons learned, but they conducted a very difficult ...