Texas red wolf

Texas red wolf
An individual in Texas in 1944
Extinct
Extinct (1970) (IUCN2.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species:
C. rufus
Subspecies:
†C. r. rufus
Trinomial name
†Canis rufus rufus
(Audubon & Bachman, 1851)
Distribution of C. r. rufus (orange)
Synonyms
  • Canis niger rufus
  • Canis lupus rufus

The Texas red wolf (Canis rufus rufus) is an extinct subspecies of red wolf native to Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas until its extinction in the 20th century.

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