Southern Rocky Mountain wolf
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C. l. youngi
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| Canis lupus youngi Goldman, 1937[1]
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The southern Rocky Mountain wolf (Canis lupus youngi) is a possibly extinct subspecies of gray wolf found over southeastern Idaho, southwestern Wyoming, northeastern Nevada, Utah, western and central Colorado, northwestern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico. It is a light-colored, medium-sized subspecies closely resembling C. l. nubilus, though larger, with more blackish-buff hairs on the back.[2]
As of 2005[update],[3] it is considered a valid subspecies by MSW3, though it is classed as a synonym of C. l. nubilus by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.[4]
Wolves have reestablished in Idaho and Wyoming, however, Canis lupus youngi is probably extinct, as the wolves there, as of 2015, are of subspecies Canis lupus occidentalis.
References
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- ↑ Glover, A. (1942), Extinct and vanishing mammals of the western hemisphere, with the marine species of all the oceans, American Committee for International Wild Life Protection, pp. 227-229.
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