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Doing Fine/Threatened

Extinct

Endangered

Canis Lupus Albus
The Tundra Wolf
Finland


Canis Lupus Pambasilcus
Alaskan Interior Wolf
Alaska


Canis Lupus Laniger
Tibetan Wolf
China, Russia, Mongolia, Tibet

Canis Lupus Lupus
Common Grey Wolf
Scandinavia - Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway

Canis Lupus Tundrarum
Alaskan Tundra Wolf
Alaska
light in color; large in size

Canis Lupus Campestris
Steppe Wolf
Central Asia
Inhabits steppes and deserts in China, Mongolia, etc.

Canis Lupus Arctos
Arctic Wolf
White Wolf

Canis Lupus Pallipes
Middle Eastern Wolf
Iran, Iraq, Turkey
Endangered - tan coat color; small in size

Canis Lupus Occidentalis
MacKenzie Valley Wolf
Alaska, Yukon Territory
Endangered - variety of coat color; weight about 120 pounds

Canis Lupus Signatus
Iberian Wolf
Spain, Portugal
Endangered - reddish in color

Canis Lupus Nubilus
Great Plains Wolf
Buffalo Wolf
Michigan, Wisconsin, "The Great Plains" States
Endangered - thought to be extinct in mid 1900s;
studies have shown that wolves in Montana and Idaho
are descendants of Great Plains Wolves

Canis Lupus Manningi
Baffin Island Wolf
Baffin Island
Endangered - nearly pure white; smallest white wolf

Canis Lupus Mackenzii
MacKenzie Tundra Wolf
Alaska, Yukon Territories
Endangered - usually black or white

Canis Lupus Ligoni
Alexander Archipelago Wolf Alexander Archipelago, Alaska
Endangered - weigh around 40 pounds; blackish gray wolf

Canis Lupus Columbianus
British Columbian Wolf British Columbia,Canada
Endangered usually are large, black colored wolves

Canis Lupus Crassodon
Vancouver Island Wolf
Vancouver Island, Canada Endangered - weight around 70 pounds usually have blackish-gray coat

Canis Lupus Bernardi
Banks Island Wolf
Banks Island, Canada
usually have pure white coats with black 'stripe' down back - Endangered

Canis Lupus Baileyi
Mexican Wolf
El Lobo
Southwestern America, Mexico
Near Extinction, very few left in the world; dark red coats, smallest grey wolf subspecies in North America

Melville Island Wolf
Canadian Arctic Islands
pure white coat - Endangered

Canis Lupus Arabs
Arabian Wolf
Arabia
light brown coats, weigh about 50 pounds - Endangered

Canis Lupus Hudsonicus
Tundra Wolf
Hudson Bay Area
Endangered - snow white coat; weight about 75 pounds

Canis Lupus Lycaon
Eastern Timber Wolf
New York & New England, Southern Qubec
Endangered - very few left in America; usually
greyish-black

Canis Lupus Labradoriu
Labrador Wolf
North Eastern Canada
Endangered - wide variety in coloration

Canis Lupus Orion
Greenland Wolf
Swamp Wolf
Greenland
Possibly Extinct/Unsure Existance - there is a
possibility this wolf never existed

Canis Lupus Hondophilax
Hondo-Japanese Wolf
Hondo Area, Japan
Extinct

Canis Lupus Monstrabilis
Texan Gray Wolf
Texas, Northern Mexico
Extinct - similiar to the Mexican wolf in size and color

Canis Lupus Youngi
Southern Rockies Wolf
Nevada, Colorado and Utah Extinct - was light colored

Canis Lupus Mogollonensis
Mongollon Mountain Wolf
Central Arizona, New Mexico, Texas
Extinct - similiar to the Mexican Wolf in size
and coloration

Canis Lupus Irremotus
Rocky Mountain Wolf
Rocky Mountain Range
Possibly Extinct - light in color; possible sightings
in Montana

Canis Lupus Fuscus
Cascade Mountain Wolf
Brown Wolf
Oregon & Washington
Possibly Extinct - usually have brownish coats,
weight about 85 pounds

Canis Lupus Gresioalbus
Manitoba Wolf
Manitoba
Unsure Existance - it is possible that this wolf
never existed

Canis Lupus Hattai
Japanese Wolf
Japan
Extinct

Canis Lupus Alces
Kenai Peninsula Wolf
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Extinct - was white in color, large in size