Wolf Classification

North American Gray Wolf Subspecies
Subspecies	Common Name
*Canis lupus alces*	Kenai Peninsula Wolf (extinct)
*Canis lupus arctos*	Arctic Wolf
*Canis lupus baileyi*	Mexican Wolf
*Canis lupus beothucus*	Newfoundland Wolf (extinct)
*Canis lupus bernardi*	Bernard's Wolf
*Canis lupus columbianus*	British Columbia Wolf (extinct)
*Canis lupus crassodon*	Vancouver Island Wolf
*Canis lupus dingo*	Dingo
*Canis lupus familiaris*	Domestic dog
*Canis lupus fuscus*	Cascade Mountain Wolf (extinct)
*Canis lupus griseoalbus*	Manitoba Wolf (extinct)
*Canis lupus hudsonicus*	Hudson Bay Wolf
*Canis lupus irremotus*	Northern Rocky Mountains Wolf
*Canis lupus labradorius*	Labrador Wolf
*Canis lupus ligoni*	Alexander Archipelago Wolf
*Canis lupus lycaon*	Eastern North America Timber Wolf
*Canis lupus mackenzii*	Mackenzie Tundra Wolf
*Canis lupus manningi*	Baffin Island Wolf
*Canis lupus mogollonensis*	Mogollon Mountain Wolf (extinct)
*Canis lupus monstrabilis*	Texas Wolf (extinct)
*Canis lupus nubilus*	Great Plains Wolf
*Canis lupus occidentalis*	Mackenzie Valley Wolf
*Canis lupus orion*	Greenland Wolf
*Canis lupus pambasileus*	Interior Alaskan Wolf
*Canis lupus tundrarum*	Alaskan Tundra Wolf
*Canis lupus youngi*	Southern Rocky Mountain Wolf (extinct)

Eurasian Gray Wolf Subspecies
Subspecies	Common Name
*Canis lupus albus*	Tundra Wolf
*Canis lupus arabs*	Arabian Wolf
*Canis lupus campestris*	Steppe Wolf
*Canis lupus chanco*	Tibetan Wolf
*Canis lupus hattai*	Hokkaido Wolf (extinct)
*Canis lupus hodophilax*	Honshu Japanese Wolf (extinct)
*Canis lupus italicus*	Italian Wolf
*Canis lupus lupus*	Common Gray Wolf
*Canis lupus pallipes*	Iranian Wolf
*Canis lupus signatus*	Iberian Wolf

The red wolf is listed seperately because for so long it was viewed as it's own separate species (the Canis rufus). The Canis lupus floridanus and Canis lupus gregoryi were recognized as subspecies of the red wolf. However, at the present, they are all identified as subspecies of the gray wolf.

Red Wolf Subspecies
Subspecies	Common Name
*Canis lupus rufus*	Common Red Wolf
*Canis lupus floridanus*	Canis lupus floridanus (extinct)
*Canis lupus gregoryi*	Canis lupus gregoryi (extinct)

The wolves listed below are of species other than Canis lupus. Some are not considered to be "true wolves."

Other Wolves Of The World
Species/Subspecies	Common Name
*Canis dirus*	Dire Wolf (extinct)
*Canis aureus aureus*	Golden Jackal
*Canis aureus lupaster*	Egyptian Wolf
*Canis indica*	Indian Wolf
*Canis simensis*	Ethiopian Wolf
*Chrysocyon brachyurus*	Maned Wolf

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