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Alaskan tundra wolf, a Common card
The Alaskan tundra wolf, also known as the Barren-ground wolf, is a North American subspecies of gray wolf native to the barren grounds of the Arctic coastal tundra region.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 39
- DEF
- 30
- Power
- 69
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,900
Power 69 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 15 % of WikiCards cards.
Alaskan tundra wolf quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alaskan tundra wolf card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is a large, white-colored wolf closely resembling C. l. ______, though lighter in color.
Answer
pambasileus. It is a large, white-colored wolf closely resembling C. l. pambasileus, though lighter in color. From the Alaskan tundra wolf article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
It was named in ____ by Gerrit Smith Miller Jr., who noted that it closely approaches the Great Plains wolf in skull and tooth morphology, though possessing a narrower rostrum and palate.
Answer
1910s. It was named in 1912 by Gerrit Smith Miller Jr., who noted that it closely approaches the Great Plains wolf in skull and tooth morphology, though possessing a narrower rostrum and palate. From the Alaskan tundra wolf article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Epiprocta. Epiprocta 50 · Humboldt Sink 47 · Anguinae 44 · Alaskan tundra wolf 39 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It was named in 1912 by Gerrit Smith Miller Jr., who noted that it closely approaches the Great Plains wolf in skull and tooth morphology, though possessing a narrower rostrum and palate.
- It is a large, white-colored wolf closely resembling C. l. pambasileus, though lighter in color.
- This wolf is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alaskan tundra wolf article was read about 7,900 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 39 and blocks with 30: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get Alaskan tundra wolf
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Text : Wikipedia, Alaskan tundra wolf (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : rjime31, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
