Steppe wolf
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Subspecies: | C. l. cubanensis
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Canis lupus cubanensis Schreber, 1775
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Caspian Sea wolf range |
The Caspian Sea Wolf (Canis lupus cubanensis) is a critically endangered subspecies of the gray wolf, and was once found throughout the area between the Caspian and Black seas. Now an extremely rare animal, it exists only in a remote area in the extreme southeastern portion of Russia that borders the Caspian Sea.