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Red Wolf
Canis rufus Audubon & Bachman, 1851

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Carnivora - carnivores »  family Canidae - dogs and allies »  genus Canis

Scientific synonyms

Canis lupus rufus Audubon & Bachman, 1851

Images

Canis rufus rufus - Common Red Wolf

Canis rufus rufus - Common Red Wolf

Author: Tim Ross

Canis rufus rufus - Common Red Wolf

Canis rufus rufus - Common Red Wolf

Author: Hollingsworth, John and Karen

Canis rufus rufus - Common Red Wolf

Canis rufus rufus - Common Red Wolf

Author: Curtis Carley

Canis rufus rufus - Common Red Wolf

Canis rufus rufus - Common Red Wolf

Author: B. Kao

Canis rufus rufus - Common Red Wolf

Canis rufus rufus - Common Red Wolf

Author: B. Kao

Taxon in country check-lists

Taxonomy

Included in Canis lupus by some authors.

Included taxa

Number of records: 3

subspecies Canis rufus floridanus Miller, 1912 - Florida Red Wolf
subspecies Canis rufus gregoryi Goldman, 1937 - Gregor's Red Wolf
subspecies Canis rufus rufus Audubon & Bachman, 1851 - Common Red Wolf

Canis rufus rufus


Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [3747]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Canis rufus Audubon & Bachman, 1851]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
EN ASM Mammal Diversity Database 2.1 [1005945]

ASM Mammal Diversity Database [https://www.mammaldiversity.org/], American Society of Mammalogists [as Canis rufus Audubon & Bachman, 1851]
Data retrieved on: 29 May 2025
EN Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3] [as Canis lupus rufus Audubon and Bachman, 1851]
Data retrieved on: 5 December 2008
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Canis rufus Audubon et Bachman, 1851]

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Explanations

extinct taxon