The Florida black wolf (''Canis rufus floridanus''), also known as the Florida wolf and the black wolf, is an extinct subspecies of red wolf url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JgAMbNSt8ikC&pg=PA576 that was

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. This subspecies became extinct in 1934 due to crowding out of its habitat and hunting.

Species controversy

This wolf is recognized as a subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' in the taxonomic authority ''

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'' (2005). Currently, this canid is widely considered to be a subspecies of the red wolf ''Canis rufus'' and that a variation in the red wolf's coloring led to the creation of the Florida black wolf. It was believed by one author that instead of being a subspecies of the red wolf, it was actually a type of coyote.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q846261 Endemic fauna of Florida Extinct mammals of North America Wolves in the United States Subspecies of Canis lupus Mammals described in 1912