Talk:Eastern Canadian Wolf
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[edit] New article
I am adding this wolf since it is been recognized in the scientific comunity, but has not gained any renown due to the misidentification of the wolf colony for hundreds of years. I had the opportunity to help study this beautiful animal, and new studies should be coming out in the next 3-5 years or so. I'll try to elaborate more on this page when I find my research from 2004. --Waterspyder 20:38, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] == Correction ==
You cannot use term "colony" when writing about wolves. They are pack animals, but not colonial animals. "Population" is a term to use in this case. Vitoldus44 17:49, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Factual dispute
Please see the discussion at Talk:Eastern Timber Wolf --Aranae 16:55, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
- Right now the Timber wolf is Canis Lupus Lycaon (Genus, Species, Subspecies), and the Eastern Canadian Wolf is Canis Lycaon (Genus, Species), these are not the same scientific designation and are unique names for each. The Eastern Canadian wolf is not a Canis Lupus (or a part of the grey wolf family), it is actually closer to the Red Wolf family and therefore "Lupus" appears nowhere in its classification. Lycaon was retain in the name because for close to 200 years, it was thought that the Eastern Canadian Wolf... or Wolves of Algonquin Park, were Timber Wolves. The article isn't perfect, but I am going to remove the tag since the reason the the factual accuracy is not correct. --Waterspyder 15:02, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] == Canis lycaon and Canis lupus lycaon are the same animal ==
There is a lot of confusion about status of eastern wolf populations in North America, but one thing is clear: Canis lupus lycaon and Canis lycaon is one and the same. "Lycaon" is a subspecies described by Schreber in 1775. No type location is given in Banfield (1974), but Banfield cites the following: "A small dark subspecies that inhabited all of southeastern Canada. It has been exterminated in southern Quebec south of St. Lawrence River and in New Brunswick since about 1880, and in Nova Scotia prior to 1900. There appear to be no reference to wolves on Prince Edward Island." F. Reid (2006) in her "Mammals of North America" uses different name "Eastern Timber Wolf (Canis lycaon)" and shows its range from western Ontario to Labrador, but not in the United States. She states specifically that Eastern Timber Wolf does not occur in USA, but shows range in Manitoba. The range shown in the book is incorrect as "Gray Wolf" or "Timber Wolf" (Canis lupus) occurs north and east of Lake Superior. Those I have seen were typical Canis lupus, and not reddish coyote-like "lycaon" from Algonquin park. Currently local offices of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources work with trappers to obtain tissue samples from wolves in the Lake Superior area and compare with those from Algonquin Park. My bottom line: it is very confusing and complicated issue, and contributors with limited knowledge of the matter and animal systematics should abstain from writing on this matter. Vitoldus44 18:16, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Proposed merger
Merge the pages Eastern Canadian Wolf and Eastern Timber Wolf, given that the factual accuracy of this article is disputed. Wilson et. al. (2000) suggested from DNA that Canis lycaon is not a subspecies of the gray wolf, but instead a separate species. They also concluded that C. lycaon is more related to the red wolf than to the gray wolf, forming a two-species clade.
Wilson, P.J., S. Grewal, I. Lawford, J. Heal, A. Granacki, D. Pennock, J. Theberge, D. Voigt, B. Chambers, P.C. Paquet, G. Goulet, D. Cluff and B.N. White. DNA profiles of the eastern Canadian wolf and the red wolf provide evidence for a common evolutionary history idependent of the gray wolf. Canadian Journal of Zoology 78: 2156-2166.
