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An expert committee will analyze the scientific literature to answer the following two questions:
1. Is the Red wolf a taxonomically valid species?
2. Is the Mexican gray wolf a taxonomically valid subspecies?
The committee will summarize the relevant science about the Red wolf and Mexican gray wolf, including research on the animals’ evolutionary history and genetic diversity.
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Evaluating the Taxonomic Status of the Mexican Gray Wolf and the Red Wolf
Consensus Study Report
·2019
Scientists strive to develop clear rules for naming and grouping living organisms. But taxonomy, the scientific study of biological classification and evolution, is often highly debated. Members of a species, the fundamental unit of taxonomy and evolution, share a common evolutionary history and a c...
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