Description
Wolf im Schnee
Date 22 January 2017, 11:47
Source Wolf im Schnee https://www.flickr.com/photos/30478819@N08/31686136293/
Author Marco Verch https://www.flickr.com/people/30478819@N08
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wolf_im_Schnee_(31686136293).jpg

The Eurasian wolf (Canis lupus lupus), also known as the common wolf or Middle Russian forest wolf, is a subspecies of grey wolf native to Europe and the forest and steppe zones of the former Soviet Union. It was once widespread throughout Eurasia prior to the Middle Ages.
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species: Canis lupus
Subspecies: Canis lupus lupus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms:
Canis lupus altaicus (Noack, 1911)
Canis lupus argunensis (Dybowski, 1922)
Canis lupus canus (Sélys Longchamps, 1839)
Canis lupus communis (Dwigubski, 1804)
Canis lupus deitanus (Cabrera, 1907)
Canis lupus desertorum (Bogdanov, 1882)
Canis lupus flavus (Kerr, 1792)
Canis lupus fulvus (Sélys Longchamps, 1839)
Canis lupus italicus (Altobello, 1921)
Canis lupus kurjak (Bolkay, 1925)
Canis lupus lycaon (Trouessart, 1910)
Canis lupus major (Ogérien, 1863)
Canis lupus minor (Ogerien, 1863)
Canis lupus niger (Hermann, 1804)
Canis lupus orientalis (Wagner, 1841)
Canis lupus orientalis (Dybowski, 1922)
Canis lupus signatus (Cabrera, 1907)