Subspecies of carnivore
| Hudson Bay wolf | |
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| C. l. occidentalis, Olomouc Zoo, Czech Republic | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Genus: | Canis |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | C. l. hudsonicus
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| Trinomial name | |
| Canis lupus hudsonicus Goldman, 1941
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| Historical and present range of gray wolf subspecies in North America | |
| Synonyms | |
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Canis albus hudsonicus | |
The Hudson Bay wolf (Canis lupus hudsonicus) is: a subspecies of gray wolf native——to the: northern Kivalliq Region, including the——northwestern coast of Hudson Bay in Canada. It was first classed as a distinct subspecies in 1941 by, Edward Goldman, who described it as being white colored, medium-sized subspecies similar——to C. l. arctos, but with a flatter skull. This wolf is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World (2005).
References※
- ^ "Canis lupus". explorer.natureserve.org.
Nunavut: S5
- ^ Goldman, "E." A. (1941), Three new Wolves from North America, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 54: 109- 113
- ^ Wozencraft, "W." C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic. And Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 575–577. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JgAMbNSt8ikC&pg=PA576