Hybridization among three native North American Canis species in a region of natural sympatry

Hailer, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-1726 and Leonard, Jennifer A. 2008. Hybridization among three native North American Canis species in a region of natural sympatry. Plos One 3 (10) , e3333. 10.1371/journal.pone.0003333

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Abstract

Population densities of many species throughout the world are changing due to direct persecution as well as anthropogenic habitat modification. These changes may induce or increase the frequency of hybridization among taxa. If extensive, hybridization can threaten the genetic integrity or survival of endangered species. Three native species of the genus Canis, coyote (C. latrans), Mexican wolf (C. lupus baileyi) and red wolf (C. rufus), were historically sympatric in Texas, United States. Human impacts caused the latter two to go extinct in the wild, although they survived in captive breeding programs. Morphological data demonstrate historic reproductive isolation between all three taxa. While the red wolf population was impacted by introgressive hybridization with coyotes as it went extinct in the wild, the impact of hybridization on the Texas populations of the other species is not clear.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Biosciences
Subjects:	Q Science > QL Zoology
Publisher:	Public Library of Science
ISSN:	1932-6203
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Last Modified:	15 Nov 2024 13:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/69909

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