Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Beringian wolf

Beringian wolf[edit]

This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 1, 2017

The Beringian wolf is an extinct type of wolf (Canis lupus) that lived during the Ice Age. It inhabited what is now modern-day Alaska, the Yukon, and northern Wyoming. Some of these wolves survived well into the Holocene. It has been determined that these wolves are morphologically distinct from modern North American wolves and genetically basal to most modern and extinct wolves. The Beringian wolf was similar in size to the modern Yukon wolf (Canis lupus pambasileus) and other Late Pleistocene gray wolves but more robust and with stronger jaws and teeth, a broader palate, and larger carnassial teeth relative to its skull size. In comparison with the Beringian wolf, the more southerly occurring dire wolf (Canis dirus) was the same size but heavier and with a more robust skull and dentition. The unique adaptation of the skull and dentition of the Beringian wolf allowed it to produce relatively large bite forces, grapple with large struggling prey, and therefore to predate and scavenge on Pleistocene megafauna. At the close of the Ice Age, with the loss of cold and dry conditions and the extinction of much of its prey, the Beringian wolf became extinct. (Full article...)

Most recent similar article(s): Dire wolf 17 July 2017
Main editors: William Harris
Promoted: 20 August 2017
Reasons for nomination: Aiming for 1 December 2017 - first day of winter across the holarctic, for an article on an ice age wolf. This is my second FA to appear as TFA following on from Dire wolf (Winter is coming!)
Support as nominator. William Harris • (talk) • 11:25, 27 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Dire wolf appeared at TFA on 17 July (29 May was its FA promotion), but still I don't think TFA is being overrun with extinct wolves. --RL0919 (talk) 19:25, 27 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Dire wolf TFA date now amended, with thanks. William Harris • (talk) • 01:27, 28 October 2017 (UTC)]] by Wehwalt (talk) 06:03, 5 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]