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  Name Himalayan Wolf
  Status cr
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Mammalia
  Ordo Carnivora
  Familia Canidae
  Genus '' Canis ''
  Species '''''C himalayaensis '''''
  Binomial ''Canis himalayaensis''
  Biinomial Authority Aggarwal et al, 2003


Himalayan Wolf (''Canis himalayaensis'') is described as a new species of wolf native a small region in northern India (Jammu and Kashmir and then Himachal Pradesh) and eastern Nepal in the Himalayas . DNA research confirms that this wolf represents an (together with ''Canis pallipes'') ancient isolated line of wolves in India. The Himalayan wolf only has a small population of 350 animals, and 21 specimens live in zoos throughout India.