Talk:Eastern wolf
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Quality[edit]
I have raised the article's quality scale rating from Start class to C class. Someone might like to take that huge second sentence and relocated it under Taxonomy, with just a short summary left in the intro. COSEWIC is covered in both para 2 and para 3 - some merging might be done here as well. With a bit of tidying up it warrants a B. Regards, William Harris • WikiProject Dogs • WikiProject Mammals •talk • 08:41, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
- Based on the tidy-up conducted by an editor in January, I have raised the quality of this article from C to B. William Harris |talk • WikiProject Dogs • WikiProject Mammals 09:01, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
Updating taxonomy[edit]
I will be updating the Canidae taxonomy and common names to match Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed, 2005) as follows:
- Family Canidae
- Genus Vulpes
- Vulpes lagopus - Arctic Fox (4 subspecies)
- Vulpes macrotis - Kit Fox
- Vulpes pallida - Pale Fox (5 subspecies)
- Vulpes bengalensis - Bengal Fox
- Vulpes cana - Blanford's Fox
- Vulpes chama - Cape Fox
- Vulpes corsac Corsac Fox (2 subspecies)
- Vulpes ferrilata - move Tibetan Fox to Tibetan Sand Fox (includes ekloni)
- Vulpes rueppellii - Rüppell's Fox (5 subspecies)
- Vulpes velox - Swift Fox (includes hebes)
- Vulpes vulpes - Red Fox (45 subspecies)
- Vulpes zerda - move Fennec to Fennec Fox
- Genus Atelocynus
- Genus Canis
- Canis adustus - Side-striped Jackal (6 subspecies)
- Canis aureus - Golden Jackal (13 subspecies)
- Canis latrans - Coyote (19 subspecies)
- Canis lupus - Grey Wolf - (37 subspecies, including dingo, familiaris and lycaon)
- Canis mesomelas - Black-backed Jackal (2 subspecies)
- Canis simensis - Ethiopian Wolf (2 subspecies)
- Genus Cerdocyon
- Cerdocyon thous - Crab-eating Fox (6 subspecies)
- Genus Chrysocyon
- Genus Cuon
- Cuon alpinus - Dhole (3 subspecies)
- Genus Dusicyon
- Genus Lycalopex
- Lycalopex culpaeus - Culpeo (6 subspecies) was in Pseudalopex genus
- Lycalopex fulvipes - Darwin's Fox was in Pseudalopex genus
- Lycalopex griseus - South American Gray Fox new article
- Lycalopex gymnocercus - Pampas Fox (5 subspecies) was in Pseudalopex genus
- Lycalopex sechurae - Sechuran Fox new article
- Lycalopex vetulus - Hoary Fox was in Pseudalopex genus
- Genus Lycaon
- Lycaon pictus - African Wild Dog (5 subspecies)
- Genus Nyctereutes
- Nyctereutes procyonoides - Raccoon Dog (5 subspecies)
- Genus Otocyon
- Otocyon megalotis - Bat-eared Fox (2 subspecies)
- Genus Speothos
- Speothos venaticus - Bush Dog (3 subspecies)
- Genus Urocyon
- Urocyon cinereoargenteus - Gray Fox (16 subspecies)
- Urocyon littoralis - Island Fox (6 subspecies)
- Genus Vulpes
- Family Canidae
I will hold off for a few days for comments. Since I'm posting this in multiple places, please contact me on my talk page if you have any concerns. I'll wait a week to give folks time to comment. -
- A signature may have helped editors to do that. William Harris • (talk) • 10:46, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
y-Chromosome analysis[edit]
Hello All, regarding the lastest from Oetjens 2018. Past studies have focused on mDNA (female lineage) or nuclear DNA (from the nucleus of the cell). This study focuses on y-DNA (male lineage) and in particular for dogs both modern and ancient, however the one Great Lakes wolf specimen included in this study was of interest. High genetic divergence - its male lineage does not match known coyotes and wolves. The researchers will next look wider to ascertain if there are coyotes or wolves - including other eastern wolves - with this unique lineage.
(My interpretation: if the lineage cannot be found among coyotes and gray wolves, that would indicate that a special type of wolf exists in the Great Lakes region with a unique male lineage. It may be that this male line has mixed with female gray wolves and coyotes in the past due to a lack of mates, which is why other studies of the female line found indication of gray wolf and coyote. The male lineage would therefore be Canis lycaon.) William Harris • (talk) • 11:11, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
Recent research[edit]
Research from 2012 suggests this creature is actually its own species Booger-mike (talk) 15:53, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
- Already covered in the "taxonomic debate" section, and even more recent studies have not further clarified. In short, still indeterminate, and the 2012 study is not definitive. oknazevad (talk) 16:06, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
Okay, I understand Booger-mike (talk) 16:23, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
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