Texas gray wolf

Texas grey wolf
	Illustration based on a description by Edward Alphonso Goldman
Conservation status
	; Extinct (1942) (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Caniformia
Family:	Canidae
Subfamily:	Caninae
Genus:	Canis
Species:	C. lupus
Subspecies:	†C. l. monstrabilis
Trinomial name
	†Canis lupus monstrabilis; Goldman, 1937
	Historical and present range of gray wolf subspecies in North America
Synonyms
	niger (Bartram, 1791);

The Texas gray wolf (Canis lupus monstrabilis) is an extinct subspecies of gray wolf, distinct from the Texas red wolf (Canis rufus rufus), whose range once included southern and western Texas and northeastern Mexico.

Taxonomy

It is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World (2005).^[2] The subspecies' name monstrābilis means "remarkable, noteworthy" in Latin, and derives from the verb mōnstrāre (to show) and the suffix -ābilis (worthy of).^[3]^[4]

Description

It was darker than its more northern cousins, and has a highly arched frontal bone.^[5] The Texas grey wolf's weight ranged from 34 to 45 kg (75 to 100 lb).^[6]

Extinction

This wolf's prey were driven to extirpation in its habitat, leading it to hunt farmer's livestock. The last known Texas gray wolf was killed April 12, 1942, by Nelson Elliot on the Cleavland Ranch. This led the Mexican wolf as to become the last gray wolf subspecies in Texas, though they were extirpated in 1970.^[7]

References

^ "Canis lupus monstrabilis Goldman, 1937" – ITIS Report. Itis.gov. Retrieved on 2012-12-31.
^ ^a ^b Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 575–577. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JgAMbNSt8ikC&pg=PA576
^ de Wailly, Alfred (1858). Nouveau dictionnaire français-latin (in French). Dezobry, E. Magdeleine et cie. p. 812. Remarquable par sa probité et ses manière. = Homo morum probitate et ingenii elegantia monstrabilis.
^ Ainsworth, Robert (1837). An abridgment of Ainsworth's dictionary: English and Latin. Uriah Hunt. p. 749. Monstrābilis, e. (adj.) Worthy to be shown, or taken notice of.
^ 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. 218-219.
^ Science News Letter. Vol. 12. Washington D.C.: Science Service. 1927-09-24. pp. 205–206.
^ James, F. Scudday (1972-09-27). "Two Recent Records of Gray Wolves in West Texas". Journal of Mammalogy. 53 (3): 598. doi:10.2307/1379050. ISSN 0022-2372. JSTOR 1379050.

[1] "Canis lupus monstrabilis Goldman, 1937" – ITIS Report. Itis.gov. Retrieved on 2012-12-31.

[wozencraft2005-2] Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 575–577. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JgAMbNSt8ikC&pg=PA576

[3] Wailly, Alfred (1858). Nouveau dictionnaire français-latin (in French). Dezobry, E. Magdeleine et cie. p. 812. Remarquable par sa probité et ses manière. = Homo morum probitate et ingenii elegantia monstrabilis.

[4] Ainsworth, Robert (1837). An abridgment of Ainsworth's dictionary: English and Latin. Uriah Hunt. p. 749. Monstrābilis, e. (adj.) Worthy to be shown, or taken notice of.

[glover-5] 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. 218-219.

[6] Science News Letter. Vol. 12. Washington D.C.: Science Service. 1927-09-24. pp. 205–206.

[7] James, F. Scudday (1972-09-27). "Two Recent Records of Gray Wolves in West Texas". Journal of Mammalogy. 53 (3): 598. doi:10.2307/1379050. ISSN 0022-2372. JSTOR 1379050.

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