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Article title: Evolution of the wolf
Article Evaluation: The articles content is relevant to the topic. It is written neutrally and seems well cited. Citations looks reliable. It seems like William Harris is very active in editing this article. There is a lot of information. I wonder if some of it could be broken up into separate topics. It's one of the longer Wikipedia articles I have seen.
Sources: Smeds, L., Kojola, I., & Ellegren, H. (2019). The evolutionary history of grey wolf Y chromosomes. Molecular Ecology, 28(9), 2173–2191. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15054; Meachen, J. A., Brannick, A. L., & Fry, T. J. (2016). Extinct Beringian wolf morphotype found in the continental U.S. has implications for wolf migration and evolution. Ecology and Evolution, 6(10), 3430–3438. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2141

Article title: Canis
Article Evaluation: This is a C-class article with room for improvement. It seems like their has been discussion over the definition of litter and the phylogenetic tree. The article is written neutrally. Citations include academic journals and the oxford dictionary. Not every claim includes a citation. Paragraphs are missing proper citations.
Sources: Hinton, J. W., Gittleman, J. L., van Manen, F. T., & Chamberlain, M. J. (2018). Size-assortative choice and mate availability influences hybridization between red wolves (Canis rufus) and coyotes (Canis latrans). Ecology and Evolution, 8(8), 3927–3940. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3950; Schmitt, E., & Wallace, S. (2014). Shape change and variation in the cranial morphology of wild canids (Canis lupus, Canis latrans, Canis rufus) compared to domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) using geometric morphometrics. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 24(1), 42–50. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.1306; Loveridge, A. J., & Macdonald, D. W. (2003). Niche separation in sympatric jackals (Canis mesomelas and Canis adustus). Journal of Zoology, 259(2), 143–153. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0952836902003114