Description
English: Arctic wolf in Montebello, Québec, Canada.
Date 19 February 2012
Photographer tsaiproject http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsaiproject/
Source original upload on flickr by tsaiproject http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsaiproject/6906944335/
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arctic_Wolf_in_Montebello,_Qu%C3%A9bec,_Canada.jpg

The Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos), also known as the Melville Island wolf, is a subspecies of gray wolf native to the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, from Melville Island to Ellesmere Island. It is a medium-sized subspecies, distinguished from the northwestern wolf by its smaller size, its whiter coloration, its narrower braincase, and larger carnassials.
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species: Canis lupus
Subspecies: Canis lupus arctos Pocock, 1935