Wolf Classification

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Wolf Classification

Common Name	Scientific Name	Description
Melville Island Wolf	Canis Lupus Arctos	This wolf only occurs on the arctic islands from Melville Island to Ellesmere Island. This animal is white and of medium size.
Mexican Wolf	Canis Lupus baileyi	This is the smallest North American gray wolf. It occupies the most southern territory. It lives in the Sierra Madre and the surrounding region of western Mexico. It is generally dark and grizzly colored. It once roamed the areas of Arizona and New Mexico.
Eastern timber wolf	Canis Lupus Lycaon	This wolf had the most extensive range of any other subspecies. Its original range covered the eastern United States, including Florida and west to Minnesota. These animals come in every color imaginable.
Great Plains Wolf, Buffalo Wolf, Loafer	Canis Lupus Nubilus	This animal once roamed the area from southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Canada, to northern Texas. This was a medium sized animal with great variability in color.
Mackenzie Valley Wolf	Canis lupus Occidentalis	This wolf lived in the upper Mackenzie River Valley southward into Alberta. It represented some largest wolves in North America. The color of these animals varies from black to almost pure white.

Data from Dr. Ron Nowak. This represents a new taxonomy.

Old Taxonomy
Subspecies of Wolves in Eurasia

Common Name	Scientific Name	Description
Tundra Wolf	Canis Lupus Albus (Kerr , 1792)	This wolf occurs throughout the Eurasian tundra and forest-tundra from Finland eastward to the Kamchaika Peninsula. It is a large, long-furred, light-colored animal much like its North American counterpart: Canis Lupus Tundarum.
Arabian Wolf	Canis Lupus Arabs (Pocock, 1934)	This is a small wolf with a short thin coat. It occurs in Southern Arabia.
Steppe Wolf	Canis Lupus Campestris (Dwigubski, 1804)	The steppe wolf is a small wolf inhabiting the deserts and steppes of Central Asia. It has a short coarse coat that is dull gray with a tint of ochre.
Hokkaido wolf	Canis Lupus Hattai (Kishida, 1931)	This wolf once roamed the area of Hokkaido, Japan. It appears to be extinct.
Honshu wolf	Canis Lupus Hodophilax (Temminck, 1839)	Extinct. This wolf occurred in Hondo, Japan.
Tibetan Wolf	Canis Lupus Laniger (Hodgson, 1847)	This is a medium sized wolf with long lightly colored fur. It inhabits mainland China, Manchuria, Mongolia, Tibet, and southwestern Russia.
Common Wolf	Canis Lupus Lupus (Linnaeus, 1758)	This is the wolf that once occurred throughout Europe and the entire forest of Russia. It is a medium sized animal with coarse dark fur.
Indian Wolf	Canis Lupus Pallipes (Sykes, 1831)	This wolf inhabited Iran and India and the lands in between these two countries.

Data from Mech, L. David, "The Wolf: The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species"

~ I Am Wolf ~

I am wolf, I am one of a kind
I have been here since ancient time
Wakan Tanka Blesses me to be
My kind will always run wild and free

It is my nature to avoid you, I am human shy
You hunt me from helicopters across the sky
Then you shoot at me as I try to flee ... Why?
Why does your kind wish my species to die?
We wolves run together in a family pack
Always guarding ourselves against attack
I do not attack your home or farm
I only attack when you intend wolf harm

Wolf has no markets or stores for food supply
We hunt the forests and where open fields lie
You speak and spread your untrue words
That we attack your live stock and herds
Why does man wish to kill wolf by his lying?
We only take lives of old, weak and already dying
You hunt and kill for sport and greed
We only hunt when our families have need

You place animal head trophies upon your wall
to make your egos walk vain and tall
Wolf needs no trophies for others to see
We only wish to live and preserve our family ...
We mate for life and survival just as you ...
We grieve for our lost ones same as you do
Why can we not share a new dawn ....
Let me be free to howl the moon my song

Loyalty and courage shines from my eyes
I am spirit of the wild that never dies
I am brother wolf, asehi ... I am he
I will always run the winds free ...

Common Name

Scientific Name

Description

Melville Island Wolf

Canis Lupus Arctos

This wolf only occurs on the arctic islands from Melville Island to Ellesmere Island. This animal is white and of medium size.

Mexican Wolf

Canis Lupus baileyi

This is the smallest North American gray wolf. It occupies the most southern territory. It lives in the Sierra Madre and the surrounding region of western Mexico. It is generally dark and grizzly colored. It once roamed the areas of Arizona and New Mexico.

Eastern timber wolf

Canis Lupus Lycaon

This wolf had the most extensive range of any other subspecies. Its original range covered the eastern United States, including Florida and west to Minnesota. These animals come in every color imaginable.

Great Plains Wolf, Buffalo Wolf, Loafer

Canis Lupus Nubilus

This animal once roamed the area from southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Canada, to northern Texas. This was a medium sized animal with great variability in color.

Mackenzie Valley Wolf

Canis lupus Occidentalis

This wolf lived in the upper Mackenzie River Valley southward into Alberta. It represented some largest wolves in North America. The color of these animals varies from black to almost pure white.

Common Name

Scientific Name

Description

Tundra Wolf

Canis Lupus Albus

(Kerr , 1792)

This wolf occurs throughout the Eurasian tundra and forest-tundra from Finland eastward to the Kamchaika Peninsula. It is a large, long-furred, light-colored animal much like its North American counterpart: Canis Lupus Tundarum.

Arabian Wolf

Canis Lupus Arabs

(Pocock, 1934)

This is a small wolf with a short thin coat. It occurs in Southern Arabia.

Steppe Wolf

Canis Lupus Campestris

(Dwigubski, 1804)

The steppe wolf is a small wolf inhabiting the deserts and steppes of Central Asia. It has a short coarse coat that is dull gray with a tint of ochre.

Hokkaido wolf

Canis Lupus Hattai

(Kishida, 1931)

This wolf once roamed the area of Hokkaido, Japan. It appears to be extinct.

Honshu wolf

Canis Lupus Hodophilax

(Temminck, 1839)

Extinct. This wolf occurred in Hondo, Japan.

Tibetan Wolf

Canis Lupus Laniger

(Hodgson, 1847)

This is a medium sized wolf with long lightly colored fur. It inhabits mainland China, Manchuria, Mongolia, Tibet, and southwestern Russia.

Common Wolf

Canis Lupus Lupus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

This is the wolf that once occurred throughout Europe and the entire forest of Russia. It is a medium sized animal with coarse dark fur.

Indian Wolf

Canis Lupus Pallipes

(Sykes, 1831)

This wolf inhabited Iran and India and the lands in between these two countries.