Bernard's wolf

English

Etymology

Formally discovered, classified, and named after Peter Bernard and Joseph F. Bernard, his nephew, after an adult male skin and skull was collected by them and brought to the National Museum of Canada.

Noun

Bernard's wolf (plural Bernard's wolves)

1. An extinct subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus bernardi) that was limited to Banks and Victoria Island of the Arctic Archipelago.
   • 2015, M. R. O’Connor, “Introduction”, in Resurrection Science: Conservation, De-Extinction and the Precarious Future of Wild Things, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 3:

     Until very recently, humans never really cared much about whether species disappeared. History is littered with our indifference—dodo birds, great auks, 24-rayed sunstars, dusky seaside sparrows, Bernard’s wolves.

Further reading

• Bernard's wolf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia