albus: a
large, light-colored wolf from the northern Russian
Federation and northern Finland
arabs: a
small, buff-colored wolf from the Arabian peninsula; not recognized as
a subspecies until 1934
canpestris: the
central Asian wolf, or steppe wolf
chanco (=laniger): the
wolf of Mongolia and China
cubanensis: found
between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea; not recognized by some taxonomists
deitanus*: a
small wolf once found in Spain, now extinct; not recognized as a subspecies
by some authorities
desertorum (=palies): Asian
desert wolf, found in the arid areas east of the Black Sea; not recognized
by some taxonomists
hattai* (=rex): a
wolf once found in Hokkaido, Japan; probably now extinct, although some
taxonomists believe that it still survives on Sakhalin Island
hodophilax*: a
wolf once foound in Honshu, Japan; extinct in 1935; much smaller than
C.l. hattai
laniger: ( see chanco ) the
wolf of Mongolia and China
lupus: the
most common species throughout Eurasia, and the first named of all subspecies,
designated by Linnaeus in 1758
minor*: a
wolf once found in Hungary and Austria; extinct by the early 1900's
palies: (
see desertorum ) Asian desert wolf, found in the arid areas east
of the Black Sea; not recognized by some taxonomists
pallipes: a small wolf
of India and southern Asia; synonomous with arabs, according to some
taxonomists
rex: (
see hattai ) a wolf once found in Hokkaido, Japan; probably now
extinct, although some taxonomists believe that it still survives on
Sakhalin Island
signatus: the
Iberian wolf of Spain and Portugal; not recognized by some taxonomists,
although recent genetic work by Robert Wayne at the University of California
suggests that it is a true subspecies
* indicates
an extinct subspecies
It
has been suggested by taxonomist Ron Nowak that
the subspecies
campestris, chanco, and desertorum are synonomous with lupus, and
distinguished by a new subspecies, communis, for a race of large wolves
found in the northern Russian Federation.
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