Editing Subspecies of Canis lupus (section)

====Iberian wolf====
{{Further|Iberian wolf}}
The [[Iberian wolf]] was first recognised as a distinct subspecies (''Canis lupus signatus'') in 1907 by zoologist [[Ángel Cabrera (naturalist)|Ángel Cabrera]]. The wolves of the Iberian peninsula have [[Morphology (biology)|morphologically]] distinct features from other [[Eurasian wolf|Eurasian wolves]] and each are considered by their researchers to represent their own subspecies.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.signatus.org/docs/situation.pdf| title = The wolf in Spain}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1111/j.1469-7998.2000.tb00801.x|title=Food habits and livestock depredation of two Iberian wolf packs (Canis lupus signatus) in the north of Portugal|journal=Journal of Zoology|volume=251|issue=#4|pages=457–462|year=2000 |last1=Vos|first1=J.}}</ref>

The taxonomic reference ''[[Mammal Species of the World]]'' (3rd edition, 2005) does not recognize ''Canis lupus signatus''; however, [[National Center for Biotechnology Information|NCBI]]/[[Genbank]] does list it.<ref>{{cite web|title=Canis lupus signatus|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=425934}}</ref>