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Canis lupus ssp. nov. 'Beringian ecomorph'

Beringian wolf (proposed)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

 

Distribution

Canada & USA

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Leonard, Jennifer A. et al. (2007). Megafaunal Extinctions and the Disappearance of a Specialized Wolf Ecomorph. Current Biology 17(13): 1146-1150. [Abstract]

Meachen, Julie A., Brannick, Alexandria L. and Fry, Trent J. (2016). Extinct Beringian wolf morphotype found in the continental U.S. has implications for wolf migration and evolution. Ecology and Evolution 6(10): 3430-3438.

Niemann, J. et al. (2018). Reconstructing the unique genetic history of the Japanese wolves, pp. 79. In: Krause, Johannes (ed.). 8th International Symposium on Biomolecular Archaeology, Jena, Germany, 18th-21st September, 2018.

 

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