Caspian Sea Wolf

Caspian Sea Wolf

Taxobox
name = Caspian Sea Wolf
status = cr
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Carnivora
familia = Canidae
genus = "Canis"
species = "C. lupus"
subspecies = "C. l. campestris"
synonyms=
* "bactrianus" (Laptev, 1929)
* "cubanenesis" (Ognev, 1923)
* "desertorum" (Bogdanov, 1882) [MSW3 Wozencraft | pages = | id =14000738]
trinomial = "Canis lupus campestris"
trinomial_authority = Dwigubski, 1804
range_



range_map_width = 270px
range_map_caption = Caspian Sea wolf range

The Caspian Sea Wolf ("Canis lupus campestris"), also known as the Caucasian Wolf, is a critically endangeredfact|date=March 2008 subspecies of the Gray Wolf, and was once found throughout the area between the Caspian and Black seas. Now an extremely rare animal, it exists only in a remote area in the extreme southeastern portion of Russia that borders the Caspian Sea.

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