Are the great plains and mackenzie valley wolf the same species?

Question

I think someone said they are.

Answer 1

They are the same species (species being "lupus"), however the Great Plain's wolf subspecies is "nubilus," and the Mackenzie valley wolf's is "occidentalis."

Answer 2

Yes. They are both subspecies of the grey wolf, Canis lupus. There are various subspecies of grey wolf, including the European wolf, Mexican wolf, arctic wolf, and so on, but these are all are the same species.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Yes.  By the biologist's definition that they can and do produce offspring also capable of reproducing.  Even now there is occasional interbreeding between these 2 subspecies of the species wolf (Canis lupus).