Alexander Archipelago wolf

For other uses, see Islands wolf (disambiguation).

Alexander Archipelago wolf

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species:
C. lupus
Subspecies:
C. l. ligoni
Trinomial name
Canis lupus ligoni
Goldman, 1937[2][3]
Historical and present range of gray wolf subspecies in North America

The Alexander Archipelago wolf (Canis lupus ligoni), also known as the Islands wolf,[4] is a subspecies of the gray wolf. The coastal wolves of southeast Alaska inhabit the area that includes the Alexander Archipelago, its islands, and a narrow strip of rugged coastline that is biologically isolated from the rest of North America by the Coast Mountains.[5]

The Tongass National Forest comprises about 80% of the region.[6] In 1993, a petition to list the Alexander Archipelago wolf as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act was lodged with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The agency decided in 1997 that listing was not warranted at that time.[7][8] In the interim, a multiagency conservation assessment of the species was published.[9] In 2011, a second petition to list the species as either threatened or endangered was filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service. It referenced scientific studies and other information that had arisen over the intervening 14 years.[10] In March 2014, in response to the petition, the agency made a positive initial finding that listing the species as threatened or endangered "may be warranted" and that it will prepare a formal status review.[11]

  1. ^ "Canis lupus ligoni". explorer.natureserve.org.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Goldman was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Canis lupus ligoni Goldman, 1937". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  4. ^ "Suit Filed to Stop Four Timber Sales on Largest National Forest". Sitnews.us (2008-07-11). Retrieved on 2012-12-31.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference weckworth2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Tongass Land Management Plan FEIS, 2008.
  7. ^ 12-Month Finding on Petition to List the Alexander Archipelago Wolf under Provisions of the Endangered Species Act, August 28, 1997. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 15pp.
  8. ^ Notice of the August 28, 1997 12-Month Finding, Federal Register Vol. 62, No. 171 September 4, 1997. p.46710. 2pp.
  9. ^ Person, D.K. (Univ. Alaska); Kirchhoff, M. (ADF&G); van Ballenberghe, V. (USFS-FSL); Iverson, G.C. (USFS); Grossman, E. (USF&WS). 1996. "The Alexander Archipelago Wolf: A Conservation Assessment," Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-384. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station.
  10. ^ "Petition To List The Alexander Archipelagowolf (Canis lupus ligoni) As Threatened Or Endangered Under The United States Endangered Species Act." Archived 2012-05-14 at the Wayback Machine Center for Biological Diversity and Greenpeace (August 10, 2011).
  11. ^ Federal Register (March 31, 2014) Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List the Alexander Archipelago Wolf as Threatened or Endangered.