Canis lupus floridanus Miller, 1912:95
Florida black wolf, Florida wolf
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Canis floridanus Miller, 1912:95; Canis niger niger
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1917 (Goodwin & Goodwin, 1973); c.1917 (Day, 1981)
Distribution
South-eastern USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Miller, G. S. (1912). The names of two North American wolves. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 25: 95.
Other references:
Day, David. (1981). The Doomsday Book of Animals: A Natural History of Vanished Species. New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press.
Goldman, E. A. (1937). The Wolves of North America. Journal of Mammalogy 18(1): 37-45.
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.
Paradiso, John L. and Nowak, Ronald M. (1972). Canis rufus. Mammalian Species 22: 1-4, 2 figs.