Southern Rocky Mountain wolf
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| Subspecies: | C. l. youngi
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| Canis lupus youngi | |
The Southern Rocky Mountains wolf (Canis lupus youngi), also known as the Southern Rockies wolf, the Southern Rocky Mountains gray wolf, the Southern Rocky Mountains common wolf,[4] and the Great Basin gray wolf,[5] was a subspecies of the gray wolf, Canis lupus, that used to roam in the regions in and around Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado.[6] The subspecies was named after Stanley P. Young.[7][8] It became extinct in 1935.[9]
Physiology
Description
The Southern Rocky Mountains wolf was a medium-size wolf that weighed around 90 lbs on average.[10][11] It is considered to have been the "second largest wolf in the United States".[12] The coloring of the subspecies tended toward black, with lighter areas on the edges of its fur and white in various small patches.[2]
Range
Its primary range type included "coniferous forests, woodlands, and adjacent grasslands", which was all included in the states that it used to roam.[13]
References
- ^ Charles Bergman (2003). Wild Echoes: Encounters With the Most Endangered Animals in North America. University of Illinois Press. p. 256. ISBN 978-0-252-07125-6.
- ^ a b Goldman, E. A. (February 1937). "The Wolves of North America". Journal of Mammalogy. 18 (1). American Society of Mammalogists: 37–45. doi:10.2307/1374306. JSTOR 1374306.
- ^ "Canis lupus youngi Goldman, 1937". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Murray Wrobel (2007). Elsevier's Dictionary of Mammals: In Latin, English, German, French and Italian. Elsevier. pp. 71–72. ISBN 978-0-444-51877-4.
- ^ "Mammalian Species of Special Concern in California" – Department of Fish and Game. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2012-12-31.
- ^ P R Yadav (2004). Vanishing And Endangered Species. Discovery Publishing House. pp. 161–. ISBN 978-81-7141-776-6.
- ^ Gerald J. Gottfried; Rocky Mountain Research Station (Fort Collins, Colo.) (2005). Connecting mountain islands and desert seas: biodiversity and management of the Madrean Archipelago II and 5th Conference on Research and Resource Management in the Southwestern Deserts : May 11–15, 2004, Tucson, Arizona. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
- ^ "Prospects for Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery in the Sky Islands" – USDA Forest Service Proceedings RMRS-P-36. 2005. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2012-12-31.
- ^ Robert H. Busch (2007). The Wolf Almanac: Celebration of Wolves and Their World. Globe Pequot. pp. 7–. ISBN 978-1-59921-069-8.
- ^ "Letters to the Editor" – The Idaho Statesman. Nl.newsbank.com (2007-04-11). Retrieved on 2012-12-31.
- ^ Peter Steinhart (1996). The Company of Wolves. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-679-74387-3.
- ^ Stanley Paul Young; Edward Alphonso Goldman; American Wildlife Foundation (1944). The wolves of North America: Part I. Their history, life habits, economic status, and control. The American Wildlife Institute.
- ^ "Wildlife of Special Concern in Arizona" – Arizona Game and Fish Department. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2012-12-31.