Red wolf
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phylum | Chordata | The red wolf, also known as the Florida wolf or Mississippi Valley wolf, is a canid native to the Southeastern United States. It was nearly driven to extinction by the mid-1900s. By the late 1960s, fourteen survivors were selected to be the founders of a captively bred population. In 1980 the red wolf was declared Extinct in the Wild, but in 1987 the captive animals were released into North Carolina's Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, with a second release taking place two years later. They are now stated Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
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class | Mammalia | |
infraclass | Eutheria | |
order | Carnivora | |
suborder | Caniformia | |
family | Canidae | |
genus | Canis | |
species | C. rufus |