Question

Status of grey wolf ( canis lupus pallipes, sykes) in india

Answer 1

Indian wolf (Canis lupus pallipes) is a subspecies of grey wolf that ranges from Southwest Asia to the Indian Subcontinent. It is intermediate in size between the Tibetanand Arabian wolf, and lacks the former's luxuriant winter coat due to it living in warmer conditions] Two closely related haplotypes within this subspecies have been found basal to all other extant Canis lupus haplotypes apart from the older-lineage Himalayan wolf, and have been proposed as a separate species.[

Indian wolfIndian wolf at Mayureshwar Wildlife Sanctuary in Pune district, Maharashtra, India.Scientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:MammaliaOrder:CarnivoraFamily:CanidaeGenus:CanisSpecies:

C. lupus

Subspecies:

C. l. pallipes

Trinomial nameCanis lupus pallipes