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Canis Iujkis baileyi Nelson and Goldmanf* 



1929. Canis nubilus baileyi Nelson and Goldman, Journ. Mamm., vol. 10, 

 No. 2, p. 165, May 9, 1929. 



1937. Canis lupus baileyi Goldman, Journ. Mamm., vol. 18, No. 1, p. 45, 

 Feb. 11, 1937. 



Type Locality. — Colonia Garcia (about 60 miles southwest of Casas Grandes) , 

 Chihuahua, Mexico. Altitude, 6,700 feet. Range. — Sierra Madre and adjoining 

 tableland region of western Mexico, formerly extending north to southeastern 

 Arizona (Fort Bowie), southwestern New Mexico (Hatch), and western Texas 

 (Fort Davis), south to Valley of Mexico; still living in northern part of Sierra 

 Madre; exact southern and eastern limits undetermined. 



Canis niger niger Bartram* 



1791. Lupus niger Bartram, Travels . . . , p. 199. 



1912. Canis jloridanus Millerf, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 25, p. 95, 

 May 4, 1912. (Horse Landing, St. Johns River, about 12 miles south of 

 Palatka, Putnam County, Fla.) 

 1942. Canis niger niger Harper, Journ. Mamm., vol. 23, No. 3, p. 339, Aug. 14, 



1942. 

 1944. Canis niger niger Goldman, in Young and Goldman, The wolves of 



North America, p. 481, May 29, 1944. 

 Type Locality. — Alachua Savanna (now Payne's Prairie), Alachua County, 

 Fla. Range. — Formerly Florida, Georgia, and Alabama; limits of range un- 

 determined, but probably included South Carolina; believed to be now extinct. 



Canis niger gregoryi Goldmanf* 



1937. Canis rufus gregoryi Goldman, Journ. Mamm., vol. 18, No. 1, p. 44, 

 Feb. 11, 1937. 



1942. Canis niger gregoryi Harper, Journ. Mamm., vol. 23, No. 3, p. 339, 

 Aug. 14, 1942. 



Type Locality. — Mack's Bayou, 3 miles east of Tensas River, 18 miles south- 

 west of Tallulah, Madison Parish, La. Range. — Formerly Mississippi River 

 Valley, north at least to Warsaw, III., and Wabash, northern Indiana; probably 

 western Kentucky and western Tennessee; west throughout Ozark Mountain region 

 in southern Missouri and Arkansas (except northwestern part) to southeastern 

 Oklahoma, and from lowlands of Louisiana west to eastern Texas; east to south- 

 eastern Mississippi. Intergradation with rufus on west and with niger on east is 

 evident. (Specimens from Reeds Spring, 5 miles north of Gainesville, and 3 

 miles north of Thomasville, all localities in southern Missouri, allocated to rufus 

 by Hall and Kelson, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Hist., vol. 5, No. 25, 

 p. 340, Dec. 5, 1952.) 



Canis niger rufus Audubon and Bachman* 



1851. Canis lupus var. rufus Audubon and Bachman, The viviparous cpjad- 



rupeds of North America, vol. 2, p. 240. 

 1905. Canis rufus V. Bailey, North Amer. Fauna No. 25, p. 174, Oct. 24, 1905. 

 1937. Canis rufus rufus Goldman, Journ. Mamm., vol. 18, No. 1, p. 45, Feb. 11, 



1937. 

 1942. Canis niger rufus Harper, Journ. Mamm., vol. 23, No. 3, p. 339, Aug. 14, 



1942. 



