Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A wolf's foot is large and flexible, which allows it to tread on a wide variety of terrain. A wolf's legs are long compared to their body size allowing them to travel up to 76 km (47 mi) in 12 hours. This adaptation allows wolves to locate prey within hours, but it can take days to find prey that can be killed without great risk.
The wolf (Canis lupus; [b] pl.: wolves), also known as the grey wolf or gray wolf, is a canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus have been recognized, including the dog and dingo , though grey wolves, as popularly understood, only comprise naturally-occurring wild subspecies.
Two wolf subspecies that live in the northern Rocky Mountains: Canis lupus irremotus (left) and Canis lupus occidentalis (right) The northern Rocky Mountain wolf preys primarily on the bison, elk, the Rocky Mountain mule deer, and the beaver, though it is an opportunistic animal and will prey upon other species if the chance arises. But, for ...
The Labrador wolf (Canis lupus labradorius) is a subspecies of gray wolf native to Labrador, Newfoundland, and northern Quebec. It has been described as ranging in color from dark grizzly-gray to almost white, [ 4 ] and of being closely related to the Newfoundland wolf ( C. l. beothucus ). [ 5 ]
Wolf howls can under certain conditions be heard over areas of up to 130 km 2 (50 sq mi). [15] Wolf howls are generally indistinguishable from those of large dogs. [16] Male wolves give voice through an octave, passing to a deep bass with a stress on "O", while females produce a modulated nasal baritone with stress on "U".
The Vancouver Coastal sea wolf, also known as the Vancouver Island wolf, coastal wolf or sea wolf (Canis lupus crassodon) [2] is a subspecies of northwestern wolf, endemic to the coast of the Pacific Northwest. [3] They are a unique subspecies of wolf due to their semi-aquatic lifestyle, which includes a diet that is almost entirely marine-based.
[14] [10] The 2012 study proposed that there are three true canis species in North America – the gray wolf, the western coyote, and red wolf/eastern wolf with the eastern wolf represented by the Algonquin wolf, with the Great Lakes wolf being a hydrid of the eastern wolf and the gray wolf, and the eastern coyote being a hybrid of the western ...
The cranial length of the adult Arabian wolf measures on average 200.8 mm (0.659 ft), which is smaller than most wolves. [15] Along with the Indian wolf, it is probably smaller than other wolves to help it adapt to life in a hot, dry climate. [16] This is an example of Bergmann's rule, where mammal size varies by the warmth of their environment.