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The Himalayan wolf is a proposed clade within the Tibetan wolf (Canis lupus filchneri) subspecies. Its mitochondrial DNA is basal to all other wolves including other Tibetan wolves. The taxonomic status of this wolf clade was disputed: the separate species Canis himalayensis was proposed, based on two limited DNA studies.
| Himalayan wolf | |
|---|---|
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| Himalayan wolf in the Upper Mustang region of Annapurna Conservation Area in Nepal | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Genus: | Canis |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | C. l. chanco |
| Trinomial name | |
| Canis lupus chanco Gray, 1863 | |
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| Himalayan wolf distribution (red dots in highlands) compared with the holarctic grey wolf (blue dots in lowlands) | |
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