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Gray Wolf - Classification and relation to the dog.
Much debate has occurred over the relationship between the wolf and the domestic dog. Most authorities see the wolf as the dog's direct ancestor, but others have postulated descent from the Golden Jackal. Because the canids have evolved recently and different canids interbreed readily, untangling the true relationships has presented difficulties. However, molecular systematics now indicate very strongly that domestic dogs and wolves are more closely related than either is to any other canid, and the domestic dog is now normally classified as a subspecies of th ...
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Gray Wolf - Taxonomy
Gray Wolf - Classification and relation to the dog
Much debate has occurred over the relationship between the wolf and the domestic dog. Most authorities see the wolf as the dog's direct ancestor, but others have postulated descent from the Golden Jackal. Because the canids have evolved recently and different canids interbreed readily, untangling the true relationships has presented difficulties. However, molecular systematics now indicate very strongly that domestic dogs and wolves are more closely related than either is to any other canid, and the domestic dog is now normally classified as a subspecies of the wolf: Canis lupus familiaris.
The classification of wolves and closely allied creatures offers many challenges. Although taxonomists have proposed many species over the years, most types clearly do not comprise true species. Indeed, only a single wolf species may exist. Scientists have proposed a host of subspecies. Many of these seem unlikely to stand. Further taxonomic clarification may well take decades.
Gray Wolf - Subspecies of the wolf
The subspecies for the Gray Wolf has been a very controversial issue among taxonomists. It was once believed there were as many as 50 separate subspecies. However, the last decade has seen a new and widely accepted list that has been condensed to 13 living subspecies, and 2 recently extinct subspecies. This takes into account the anatomy, distribution, and migration of various wolf colonies.
- Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)
- Tundra Wolf (C. l. albus) - Northern Russia
- Arabian Wolf (C. l. arabs) - Arabian Peninsular
- Arctic Wolf (C. l. arctos) - Canadian Arctic islands and Greenland
- Mexican Wolf (C. l. baileyi) - Reintroduced into Arizona
- Russian Wolf (C. l. communis) - Central Russia
- Caspian Sea Wolf (C. l. cubanensis) - Russia, Georgia, between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea
- Hokkaido Wolf (C. l. hattai) - North Japan. Extinct
- Honshu Wolf (C. l. hodophilax) - South Japan. Extinct
- Italian Wolf (C. l. italicus) - Italian Apennines
- Egyptian Wolf (C. l. lupaster) - North Egypt and North East Libya. Previously mistaken for golden jackals
- Eurasian Wolf (C. l. lupus) - from China, Mongolia, Russia and Eastern Europe to Germany, Spain and Portugal
- Eastern Timber Wolf (C. l. lycaon) - South East Canada.
- Great Plains Wolf (C. l. nubilus) - Far West and Eastern Canada, North East USA.
- Mackenzie Valley Wolf (C. l. occidentalis) - Western Canada, Alaska, and reintroduced into North West USA.
- Indian Wolf (C. l. pallipes) - From India to the Middle East
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