Canis lupus alces Goldman, 1941:109
Kenai Peninsula (grey) wolf
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym)
Last record: c.1915 (Day, 1981); 1955 (Goodwin & Goodwin, 1973)
Distribution
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska (southern), USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Goldman, E. A. (1941). Three new wolves from North America. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 54: 109-114.
Other references:
Day, David. (1981). The Doomsday Book of Animals: A Natural History of Vanished Species. New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press.
Goodwin, Harry A. and Goodwin, J. M. (1973). List of mammals which have become extinct or are possibly extinct since 1600. Int. Union Conserv. Nat. Occas. Pap. 8: 1-20.
Lemoine, Rhys Taylor, Buitenwerf, Robert, Faurby, Sören and Svenning, Jens-Christian. (2025). Phylogenetic Evidence Supports the Effect of Traits on Late-Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in the Context of Human Activity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(7): e70078. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70078 [Supporting Information: Data S1]
Mech, L. David. (1974). Canis lupus. Mammalian Species 37: 1-6, 5 figs.
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