The Alaskan tundra wolf (''Canis lupus tundrarum''), also known as the barren-ground wolf,Glover, A. (1942)
''Extinct and vanishing mammals of the western hemisphere, with the marine species of all the oceans''
American Committee for International Wild Life Protection, pp. 226-227 is a

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

n subspecies of gray wolf native to the

barren grounds The Barren Grounds (also called Barren Lands) are a large area of tundra located in mainland Nunavut and stretching into the Northwest Territories in northern Canada. The Barren Grounds is nearly uninhabited, with the exception of a few coastal ...

of the

Arctic coastal tundra The Arctic coastal tundra is an ecoregion of the far north of North America, an important breeding ground for a great deal of wildlife. Setting This ecoregion is located on the north coast of Alaska, and includes the east coast plain of Banks Is ...

region. It was named in 1912 by Gerrit Smith Miller Jr., who noted that it closely approaches the

Great Plains wolf The Great Plains wolf (''Canis lupus nubilus''), also known as the buffalo wolf or loafer, is a subspecies of gray wolf that once extended throughout the Great Plains, from southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan in Canada southward to northern Texas ...

in skull and tooth

morphology Morphology, from the Greek and meaning "study of shape", may refer to: Disciplines * Morphology (archaeology), study of the shapes or forms of artifacts * Morphology (astronomy), study of the shape of astronomical objects such as nebulae, galaxies ...

, though possessing a narrower

rostrum Rostrum may refer to: * Any kind of a platform for a speaker: **dais **pulpit * Rostrum (anatomy), a beak, or anatomical structure resembling a beak, as in the mouthparts of many sucking insects * Rostrum (ship), a form of bow on naval ships * Ros ...

and

palate The palate () is the roof of the mouth in humans and other mammals. It separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity. A similar structure is found in crocodilians, but in most other tetrapods, the oral and nasal cavities are not truly sepa ...

.Miller, G. S. (1913), The names of the large wolves of northern and western North America, ''Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections'', vol. 59, no. 15 It is a large, white-colored wolf closely resembling '' C. l. pambasileus'', though lighter in color.Mech, L. David (1981), ''The Wolf: The Ecology and Behaviour of an Endangered Species'', University of Minnesota Press, p. 353, This wolf is recognized as a subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' in the taxonomic authority ''

Mammal Species of the World ''Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference'' is a standard reference work in mammalogy giving descriptions and bibliographic data for the known species of mammals. It is now in its third edition, published in late 2005, ...

(2005)''.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q576039 Subspecies of Canis lupus Arctic land animals Mammals of the Arctic Carnivorans of North America Fauna of Alaska Mammals of Canada Mammals of the United States Wolves in the United States Mammals described in 1912

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