Northern Rocky Mountain wolf

Not to be confused with Southern Rocky Mountain wolf.

Northern Rocky Mountain 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. irremotus
Trinomial name
Canis lupus irremotus
Goldman, 1937[2]
Historical and present range of gray wolf subspecies in North America

The northern Rocky Mountain wolf (Canis lupus irremotus), also known as the northern Rocky Mountain timber wolf,[3] is a subspecies of the gray wolf native to the northern Rocky Mountains. It is a light-colored, medium to large-sized subspecies with a narrow, flattened frontal bone.[4] The subspecies was initially listed as Endangered on March 9, 1978, but had the classification removed in the year 2000 due to the effects of the Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery Plan.[5][6] On August 6, 2010, the northern Rocky Mountain wolf was ordered to be returned under Endangered Species Act protections by U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy in a decision overturning a previous ruling by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.[7] They were later removed on August 31, 2012 from the list because of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming meeting the population quotas for the species to be considered stable.[8] This wolf is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World (2005).[9]

  1. ^ "Canis lupus". explorer.natureserve.org. Alberta: S4
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Goldman was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Duffield, John W. (1992). "An Economic Analysis of Wolf Recovery in Yellowstone: Park Visitor Attitudes and Values.". In Varley, John D.; Brewster, Wayne G. (eds.). Wolves for Yellowstone?: A Report to the United States Congress, Volume IV Research and Analysis. National Park Service. 2-36. OCLC 33339584.
  4. ^ Glover, A. (1942), Extinct and vanishing mammals of the western hemisphere, with the marine species of all the oceans, American Committee for International Wild Life Protection, pp. 205-206.
  5. ^ Elizabeth Cowan Brown (2000). "The "wholly separate" truth: did the Yellowstone wolf reintroduction violate Section 10(J) of the Endangered Species Act?". Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review. 27 (3). Boston College: 425–465. Archived from the original on 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
  6. ^ Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation v. Babbitt, 97-8127 Patrick Fisher (United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit January 13, 2000).
  7. ^ Matt Volz (August 6, 2010). "Wildlife advocates hail Rocky Mountain wolf ruling". Associated Press.[dead link]
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference CS1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference wozencraft2005 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).