Canis lupus arctos

Translingual edit

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Etymology edit

Canis lupus (“grey wolf”) +‎ arctos (“the Bear”). From being a subspecies of the grey wolf, which resides in the north polar region, where the constellations of the Bears (Ursa Major and Ursa Minor) occupy the celestial northern reaches of the sky, including the North Star (Polaris) of Ursa Minor.

Proper noun edit

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A taxonomic subspecies within the family Canidae – Arctic wolf, white wolf, or polar wolf, an all-white wolf whose traditional range is the Queen Elizabeth Islands of arctic Canada.

Hypernyms edit

(subspecies): Carnivora - order; Caniformia - suborder; Canidae - family; Caninae - subfamily; Canini - tribe; Canis - genus; Canis lupus - species

References edit

Canis lupus arctos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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