Manitoba wolf
Extinct subspecies of carnivore
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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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Genus: | Canis |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | †C. l. griseoalbus |
| Trinomial name | |
| †Canis lupus griseoalbus Baird, 1858[1] | |
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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.
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