Mongolian wolf

The Mongolian wolf (Canis lupus chanco) is a subspecies of gray wolf which is native to Mongolia, northern and central China, Korea, and the Ussuri region of Russia.

Mongolian wolf
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species:
Subspecies:
C. l. chanco
Trinomial name
Canis lupus chanco
Gray, 1863
Map showing the range of the Mongolian wolf (blue) and the Himalayan wolf (pink) in China and surrounding countries
Synonyms
  • coreanus (Abe, 1923)
  • dorogostaiskii (Skalon, 1936)
  • karanorensis (Matschie, 1907)
  • niger (Sclater, 1874)
  • tschillensis (Matschie, 1907))
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