Description
A Himalayan wolf photographed in Upper Mustang of Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal (29.17356°N, 84.13422°E; datum WGS84, elevation 5,050 m) during May 2014.
Date 21 April 2016
Source M, Jhala YV, Jnawali SR, Subedi N, Dhakal M, Yumnam B (2016) Ancient Himalayan wolf (Canis lupus chanco) lineage in Upper Mustang of the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal. ZooKeys 582: 143-156 http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=5966Chetri
Author ZooKeys http://zookeys.pensoft.net/
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canis_lupus_chanco_Annapurna_Conservation_Area.jpg

The Tibetan wolf (Canis lupus chanco), also known as the woolly wolf, is a grey wolf subspecies native to Central Asia from Turkestan throughout Tibet to Mongolia, northern China and the Indian subcontinent. In Tibet and Ladakh it is known as chánkú or shanko.
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species: Canis lupus
Subspecies: Canis lupus chanco Gray, 1863
Synonyms:
Canis lupus coreanus (Abe, 1923)
Canis lupus dorogostaiskii (Skalon, 1936)
Canis lupus ekloni (Przewalski, 1883)
Canis lupus filchneri (Matschie, 1907)
Canis lupus karanorensis (Matschie, 1907)
Canis lupus laniger (Hodgson, 1847)
Canis lupus niger (Sclater, 1874)
Canis lupus tschiliensis (Matschie, 1907)
Canis lupus saxicolor (Smith, 1834)