Hudson Bay wolf

{{Short description|Subspecies of carnivore}}

{{subspeciesbox

| name = Hudson Bay wolf

| image = Canis.lupus.occidentalis-ZOO.Olomouc3.jpg

| image_caption = C. l. occidentalis, Olomouc Zoo, Czech Republic

| genus = Canis

| species = lupus

| status = T5

| status_system = TNC

| status_ref = {{Cite web|url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.105212/Canis_lupus|title=Canis lupus|website =explorer.natureserve.org|quote= Nunavut: S5}}

| species_link = Gray wolf

| subspecies = hudsonicus

| authority = Goldman, 1941

| 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

| synonyms = Canis albus hudsonicus

}}

The Hudson Bay wolf (Canis lupus hudsonicus) is a subspecies of gray wolf native to the northern Kivalliq Region, including the northwestern coast of Hudson Bay in Canada. It was first classed as a distinct subspecies in 1941 by Edward Goldman, who described it as being a white colored, medium-sized subspecies similar to C. l. arctos, but with a flatter skull.Goldman, E. A. (1941), [https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofbi541941biol#page/112/mode/2up Three new Wolves from North America], Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 54: 109- 113 This wolf is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World (2005).

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