Etymology

Bernard's wolf

Today it means: An extinct subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus bernardi) that was limited to Banks and Victoria Island of the Arctic Archipelago. Full definition →

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The story

Formally discovered, classified, and named after Peter Bernard and Joseph F. Bernard, his nephew, after an adult male skin and skull was collected by them and brought to the National Museum of Canada.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.