Canis lupus deitanus Cabrera, 1907:197
Spanish wolf, Levantine wolf, Iberian Levantine wolf
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
nomen dubium?
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym) of C. l. lupus (Mech, 1974)
Last record: 1830's? c.1950 (Goodwin & Goodwin, 1973)
Distribution
Spain (eastern)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Cabrera, Ángel. (1907). Los lobos en España. Bol. Real Soc. Españ. Hist. Nat. 7: 193-198.
Other references:
Cabrera, Ángel. (1914). Fauna Ibérica. Mamiferos. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. Madrid.
González, Manuela Caballero. (2006). Canis lupus deitanus. Andelma 4(13): 4-8.
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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