Bernard's wolf

Bernard's wolf

Extinct (early 1900s)  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species:
C. lupus
Subspecies:
C. l. bernardi
Trinomial name
Canis lupus bernardi
Anderson, 1943
Historical and present range of gray wolf subspecies in North America
Synonyms
  • Canis lupus banksianus (Anderson, 1943)

Bernard's wolf (Canis lupus bernardi), also known as the Banks Island wolf or the Banks Island tundra wolf, is an extinct subspecies of the gray wolf that was limited to Banks and Victoria Island of the Arctic Archipelago.

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