Canis rufus
Audubon & Bachman, 1851
Red Wolf
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Carnivora |
| Suborder | : Caniformia |
| Infraorder | : Canoidea |
| Family | : Canidae |
| Genus | : Canis |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Authority citation
Audubon, J.J. and Bachman, J. 1851. The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Vol. II. V. G. Audubon, New York, 334 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53475598Original name as described
Canis lupus var. Rufus
Type locality
Texas, USA.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
United States
Subregion distribution
USA(NC)
Taxonomy notes
split from C. lupus
Taxonomy notes citation
vonHoldt, B. M., Cahill, J. A., Fan, Z., Gronau, I., Robinson, J., Pollinger, J. P., Shapiro, B., ... & Wayne, R. K. (2016). Whole-genome sequence analysis shows that two endemic species of North American wolf are admixtures of the coyote and gray wolf. Science Advances, 2(7), e1501714.
IUCN Red List status
Critically Endangered
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