Austro-Hungarian wolf
The Austro-Hungarian wolf (Canis lupus minor), also called the reed wolf, is a proposed subspecies of the gray wolf that is thought to have once inhabited Hungary and eastern Austria. Its subspecies status is uncertain, as there are few records and no uncontroversial remains. It was once also proposed as being a golden jackal, although a status as a diminutive form of the gray wolf is more commonly accepted. It is generally assumed to have gone extinct before 1900.[1]
| Austro-Hungarian wolf Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene – Recent | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Genus: | Canis |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | †C. l. minor |
| Trinomial name | |
| †Canis lupus minor Ogérien 1863 | |
According to Mammal Species of the World (3rd edition), C. l. minor is a taxonomic synonym for C.l. lupus, the Eurasian wolf, and not a separate subspecies.[2]
References
- Szunyoghy, Janos (1957). "Systematische Revision des ungarlaendischen Schakals, gleichzeitig eine Bemerkung ueber das Rohrwolf-Problem". Annales Historico-Naturales. Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 8: 425–433.
- Wozencraft, C. W. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reader, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Vol. 1 (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 575–577. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0.
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