What is Beringian wolf?
{{Speciesbox | name = Beringian wolf | fossil_range = [[Late Pleistocene]] – early [[Holocene]] (50,000–7,600 [[YBP]]) | image = Beringian wolves diorama.jpg | image_alt = Two models of Beringian wolves created by paleo-artists working at the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre | image_caption = Two models of Beringian wolves created by paleo-artists working at the [[Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre]] | extinct = | genus = Canis | species = lupus | authority = | subdivision_ranks = | subdivision = | synonyms = | synonyms_ref = }} The '''Beringian wolf''' is an [[Extinction|extinct]] population of [[wolf]] that lived during the [[Ice age|Ice Age]]. It lived in [[Alaska]], [[Yukon]], and northern [[Wyoming]]. Some of these wolves survived into the [[Holocene]]. They were distinct from modern North Americans wolves and [[Basal|genetically basal]] to most modern and extinct wolves. They do not have a [[subspecies]] classification. The Beringian wolf was similar in size to the modern [[Alaskan Interior wolf]], or Yukon Wolf, and other gray wolves from the [[Late Pleistocene]] age. However, they were more robust, had stronger teeth and jaws, a broader [[palate]], and larger [[carnassial]] teeth. Its strong teeth helped it hunt Pleistocene [[megafauna]]. The Beringian wolf mostly preyed on [[horse]] and [[steppe bison]]. It also preyed on [[Reindeer|caribou]], [[mammoth]], and [[Bootherium|woodland muskox]]. Many of the animals that the Beringian wolf hunted became extinct near the end of the Ice Age. Cold and dry conditions were also lost. As a result, the Beringian wolf became extinct. The extinction of its prey has been thought to be caused by [[climate change]] and competition with other species. Populations of Beringian wolves were replaced by other wolves from the same [[species]] or [[genus]]. [[Category:Wolves]] {{Biology-stub}}