Alaskan tundra wolf explained

The Alaskan tundra wolf (Canis lupus tundrarum), also known as the barren-ground wolf,^[1] is a North American subspecies of gray wolf native to the barren grounds of the Arctic coastal tundra region. It was named in 1912 by Gerrit Smith Miller Jr., who noted that it closely approaches the Great Plains wolf in skull and tooth morphology, though possessing a narrower rostrum and palate.^[2] It is a large, white-colored wolf closely resembling C. l. pambasileus, though lighter in color.^[3] This wolf is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World (2005).

See also

• Interior Alaskan wolf

Notes and References

1. 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. 226-227
2. Miller, G. S. (1913), The names of the large wolves of northern and western North America, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, vol. 59, no. 15
3. Mech, L. David (1981), The Wolf: The Ecology and Behaviour of an Endangered Species, University of Minnesota Press, p. 353,