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The eastern wolf (Canis lycaon[ 5 ] or Canis lupus lycaon[ 6 ][ 7 ]), also known as the timber wolf, [ 8 ]Algonquin wolf and eastern timber wolf, [ 9 ] is a canine of debated taxonomy native to the Great Lakes region and southeastern Canada. It is considered to be either a unique subspecies of gray wolf or red wolf or a separate species from ...
The wolf (Canis lupus; [b] pl.: wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey 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 gray wolves, as popularly understood, only comprise naturally-occurring wild subspecies.
The only time at which the wolf migrates is during the wintertime when there is complete darkness for 24 hours. This makes Arctic wolf movement hard to research. About 2,250 km (1,400 mi) south of the High Arctic, a wolf movement study took place in the wintertime in complete darkness, when the temperature was as low as −53 °C (−63 °F).
The northern Rocky Mountain wolf (Canis lupus irremotus), also known as the northern Rocky Mountain timber wolf, [ 3 ] is a subspecies of the gray wolf native to the northern Rocky Mountains. It is a light-colored, medium to large-sized subspecies with a narrow, flattened frontal bone. [ 4 ] The subspecies was initially listed as Endangered on ...
The northwestern wolf (Canis lupus occidentalis), also known as the Mackenzie Valley wolf, [ 5 ]Alaskan timber wolf, [ 6 ] or Canadian timber wolf, [ 7 ] is a subspecies of gray wolf in western North America. Arguably the largest gray wolf subspecies in the world, it ranges from Alaska, the upper Mackenzie River Valley; southward throughout the ...
One wolf was purported to weigh 212 pounds (96 kg), however large Alaskan wolves are known to hold up to 20 pounds (9.1 kg) of moose meat in their stomachs. [11] The most common color for this subspecies is tawny grey or tan, but can also range from white to black. The lifespan ranges from 4 to 10 years, the oldest being 12 years. [5]
The Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus, [ 2 ][ 3 ][ 1 ][ 4 ] or Canis lupus lupus, [ 5 ] Spanish and Portuguese: Lobo ibérico), [ 6 ] is a subspecies of grey wolf. It inhabits the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, which includes northwestern Spain and northern Portugal. It is home to 2,200-2,700 wolves which have been isolated from mixing ...
The Himalayan wolf (Canis lupus chanco) [4] is a canine of debated taxonomy. [3] It is distinguished by its genetic markers, with mitochondrial DNA indicating that it is genetically basal to the Holarctic grey wolf, genetically the same wolf as the Tibetan and Mongolian wolf, [5] [6] [3] and has an association with the African wolf (Canis lupaster).