Kenai Peninsula wolf
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Canis lupus alces

The Kenai Peninsula wolf (Canis lupus alces ), also known as the Kenai Peninsula grey wolf, is an extinct subspecies of the gray wolf that lived on the Kenai Peninsula in southern Alaska.

Appearance

The Kenai Peninsula wolf was dependent on the very large moose of the region and Goldman proposed that its large size was an adaption to this.

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A skull is held by the Smithsonian museum, specimen number USNM 147471.

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Distribution

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Kenai Peninsula wolf habitat map
Kenai Peninsula wolf habitat map
Kenai Peninsula wolf
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References

1. Kenai Peninsula wolf Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenai_Peninsula_wolf

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