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11/05/2003 Archived Entry: "Canis lupus hodophilax (Japanese wolf) is extinct"

Canis lupus hodophilax (Japanese wolf) is extinct but NCBI has this entry for it

Canis lupus hodophilax
Taxonomy ID: 188536
Genbank common name: Japanese wolf
Rank: subspecies
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Mitochondrial genetic code: Translation table 2

Lineage( full )
cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Fungi/Metazoa group; Metazoa; Eumetazoa; Bilateria; Coelomata; Deuterostomia; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Gnathostomata; Teleostomi; Euteleostomi; Sarcopterygii; Tetrapoda; Amniota; Mammalia; Theria; Eutheria; Carnivora; Fissipedia; Canidae; Canis; Canis lupus

It also has entries for these extinct mammals:
Chaeropus ecaudatus (pig-footed bandicoot)
Elephas antiquus falconeri (Tilo island dwarf elephant)
Equus quagga boehmi (quagga)
Hippidion saldiasi (Pleistocene horse from South America)
Hippotragus leucophaeus (blue antelope)
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis (Neanderthal man)
Hydrodamalis gigas (Steller's sea cow)
Mammuthus primigenius (woolly mammoth)
Mammut americanum (American mastodon)
Megaladapis sp. (giant lemur)
Megaloceros giganteus (Irish elk)
Mylodon darwinii (ground sloth)
Myotragus balearicus
Smilodon fatalis (saber-toothed cat)
Thylacinus cynocephalus (Tasmanian wolf)
Ursus spelaeus (cave bear)

Cool!

looking at genetic libraries and glossaries -- these appear to be very useful

adenine
adenosine deaminase deficiency
adenovirus
Alagille syndrome
allele
amino acids
animal model
antibody
antisense
apoptosis
ataxia-telangiectasia
Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative syndrome
autosomal dominant
autosome
bacteria
bacterial artificial chromosome
base pair
birth defect
bone marrow transplantation
cancer
candidate gene
carcinoma
carrier
cDNA library
cell
centimorgan
centromere
chromosome
cloning
codon
craniosynostosis
cystic fibrosis
cytogenetic map
cytosine
deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
diabetes mellitus
diploid
DNA replication
DNA sequencing
double helix
electrophoresis
Ellis - van Creveld syndrome
enzyme
exon
familial Mediterranean fever
fibroblasts
fluorescence in situ hybridization
Fragile X syndrome
gene
gene amplification
gene expression
gene mapping gene pool
gene therapy
gene transfer
genetic code
genetic counseling
genetic map
genetic marker
genetic screening
genome
genotype
germ line
guanine
haploid
hematopoietic stem cell
hemophilia
heterozygous
highly conserved sequence
homologous recombination
homozygous
human artificial chromosome
Human Genome Project
Huntington's disease
hybridization
immunotherapy
in situ hybridization
intron
karyotype
leukemia
lymphocyte
melanoma
Mendelian inheritance
messenger RNA
metaphase
microarray technology
microsatellite
mitochondrial DNA
monosomy
multiple endocrine neoplasia
neurofibromatosis
Niemann-Pick disease
non-coding DNA
nonsense mutation
Northern blot
nucleotide
oncogene
oncovirus
p53
Parkinson's disease
peptide
phenotype
physical map
polydactyly
polymerase chain reaction
polymorphism
positional cloning
primary immunodeficiency
primer
probe
promoter
pronucleus
prostate cancer
protease
protein
pseudogene
recessive
recombinant DNA
repressor
restriction enzymes
restriction fragment length polymorphism
retrovirus
ribonucleic acid
risk communication
sequence-tagged site
severe combined immunodeficiency
sex chromosome
shotgun sequencing
sickle cell disease
single nucleotide polymorphisms
somatic cells
Southern blot
spectral karyotype
substitution
suicide gene
thymine
transgenic
translocation
trisomy
tumor suppressor gene
uracil
Western blot
Wolfram syndrome
yeast artificial chromosome