Sicilian wolf
Extinct subspecies of gray wolf / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Sicilian wolf (Canis lupus cristaldii) (Sicilian: lupu sicilianu) is an extinct subspecies of the gray wolf that was endemic to Sicily. It was paler than the mainland Italian wolf and comparable in size to the extant Arabian wolf and extinct Japanese wolf. The subspecies reportedly went extinct due to human persecution in the 1920s, though there were several possible sightings up to the 1970s. It was identified as a distinct subspecies in 2018 through morphological examinations of the few remaining mounted specimens and skulls, as well as mtDNA analyses.
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Sicilian wolf | |
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Captive specimen, late 19th century. This is the only extant photograph of a live Sicilian wolf. | |
Preserved specimen kept in the Museo di zoologia Pietro Doderlein | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Canidae |
Genus: | Canis |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | †C. l. cristaldii |
Trinomial name | |
†Canis lupus cristaldii (Angelici & Rossi 2018)[1] | |
Sicilian wolf range in 1900 |
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