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Eastern Wolf
Canis lycaon
The eastern wolf (Canis lupus lycaon) is a subspecies of gray wolf native to the Great Lakes region including southeastern Canada. The subpecies is the product of ancient genetic admixture between the gray wolf and the coyote, however it is regarded as unique and therefore worthy of conservation. There are two forms, the larger being referred to as the Great Lakes wolf and the smaller being the Algonquin wolf. The eastern wolf's morphology is midway between...
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 853952.