Florida black wolf

Florida black wolf
A Florida black wolf as drawn by James Audubon in Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species:
C. rufus
Subspecies:
C. r. floridanus
Trinomial name
Canis rufus floridanus
Miller, 1912
Synonyms
  • Canis floridanus (Miller, 1912)
  • Canis lupus floridanus

The Florida black wolf (Canis rufus floridanus), also known as the Florida wolf and the black wolf, is an extinct subspecies of red wolf that was endemic to Florida.

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