Baffin Island wolf
| Baffin Island wolf | |
|---|---|
| Illustration based on a description by Edward Alphonso Goldman | |
Secure (NatureServe) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Genus: | Canis |
| Species: | C. lupus |
| Subspecies: | C. l. manningi |
| Trinomial name | |
| Canis lupus manningi Anderson, 1943 (1908) | |
| Historical and present range of grey wolf subspecies in North America | |
| Synonyms | |
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Canis albus manningi | |
The Baffin Island wolf (Canis lupus manningi), also known as the Baffin Island tundra wolf, is a subspecies of grey wolf which resides exclusively on Baffin Island and several nearby islands. It was not formally recognized as a subspecies until 1943, when it was given its taxonomic classification by Anderson. This wolf is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World (2005).
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