Texas wolf

{{Short description|Extinct subspecies of gray wolf}}

{{Subspeciesbox

| name = Texas wolf

| image = Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes (Plate III) C. l. monstrabilis mod.jpg

| image_caption = Illustration based on a description by Edward Alphonso Goldman

| status = EX

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| extinct = 19th century

| genus = Canis

| species = lupus

| species_link = Gray wolf

| subspecies = monstrabilis

| authority = Goldman, 1937[https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=726835 "Canis lupus monstrabilis Goldman, 1937" – ITIS Report]. Itis.gov. Retrieved on 2012-12-31.

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms =

• niger (Bartram, 1791)

| 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 Texas wolf (Canis lupus monstrabilis) is an extinct subspecies of gray wolf, distinct from the Texas red wolf (Canis rufus), whose range once included southern and western Texas and northeastern Mexico.