Cascade mountain wolf
{{Short description|Extinct subspecies of carnivore}}
{{Subspeciesbox
| name = Cascade Mountains wolf
| image = Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes (Plate IV) C. l. fuscus mod.jpg
| image_caption = Illustration based on a description by Edward Alphonso Goldman| status = EX
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref =
| extinct = 1940
| genus = Canis
| species = lupus
| species_link = Gray wolf
| subspecies = fuscus
| authority = Richardson 1839{{ITIS|id=726823 |taxon=Canis lupus fuscus}}
| synonyms_ref = {{MSW3 Wozencraft|id=14000738}}
| synonyms =
- Canis lupus gigas (Townsend, 1850)
| range_map = North American gray wolf subspecies distribution according to Goldman (1944) & MSW3 (2005).png
| range_map_caption = Historical and present range of gray wolf subspecies in North America
}}
The Cascade mountain wolf (Canis lupus fuscus) is an extinct subspecies of the gray wolf that was once found in the Pacific Northwest (British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington),{{cite book|author=Charles Bergman |title=Wild Echoes: Encounters With the Most Endangered Animals in North America |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uOhKYhvOb54C&pg=PA256 |date=2003 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=978-0-252-07125-6 |pages=256–}} but became extinct in 1940.
Taxonomy
It was originally identified as a separate species by Richardson in 1839{{cite book|author1=Joshua Ross Ginsberg |author2=David David Whyte Macdonald |title=Foxes, Wolves, Jackals, and Dogs: An Action Plan for the Conservation of Canids |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QvUfIvp4muEC&pg=PA6 |date=1990 |publisher=IUCN |isbn=978-2-88032-996-9 |pages=6–}} and from other wolves in the area by Edward Goldman in 1945.{{cite book|author=Barry Lopez |title=Of Wolves and Men |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-3FTLxW09K0C&pg=PA13 |date=2004 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-0-7432-4936-2 |pages=13–}} It is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World (2005).
Description
It was described as a cinnamon-coloured wolf, measuring {{cvt|165|cm}} and weighing {{cvt|36|–|49|kg}}.{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of Vanished Species|author=David Day|publisher=Universe Books ltd|year=1981|isbn=0-947889-30-2}}
Resettlement
Recently another subspecies, the British Columbia wolf (Canis lupus columbianus), has established itself in the Cascade mountain wolf's past territory by following the Cascade Range through Washington and is now west of the Cascade Crest,{{Cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/a-wolf-pack-moves-into-western-washington-for-the-first-time-in-decades/|title = Wolf pack living west of Cascade Mountains for first time in decades|date = 4 April 2019}} expanding across Oregon,{{Cite web|url=https://dfw.state.or.us/Wolves/population.asp|title=ODFW Gray Wolf Population}} and into northern California to Lassen Peak, where in 2019 the Lassen pack produced 3 pups.{{cite web|publisher=California Department of Fish and Wildlife |url=https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=171100|title=Wolf Management Update|archive-date=9 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809091847/https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=171100}}
References
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Category:Extinct subspecies of Canis lupus
Category:Extinct mammals of North America
Category:Carnivorans of North America
Category:Mammal extinctions since 1500
Category:Extinct animals of the United States
Category:Extinct animals of Canada
Category:Fauna of the Western United States
Category:Mammals of the United States