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The Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos), also known as the white wolf, polar wolf, and the Arctic grey wolf, is a subspecies of grey wolf native to the High Arctic tundra of Canada's Queen Elizabeth Islands, from Melville Island to Ellesmere Island. [3][4] Unlike some populations that move between tundra and forest regions, [5] Arctic wolves spend ...
Jim Brandenburg (born November 23, 1945) is an environmentalist and nature photographer and filmmaker based near Ely, Minnesota.His career includes over 10 years as a newspaper photojournalist, over 30 years as a contract photographer for the National Geographic Society, and commissions from such groups as the United States Postal Service, NHK and the BBC.
The Alaskan tundra wolf (Canis lupus tundrarum), also known as the barren-ground wolf, [3] is a North American subspecies of gray wolf native to the barren grounds of the Arctic coastal tundra region. 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 ...
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 British Columbia wolf is one of the largest subspecies of North American wolves. They weigh around 80 (36 kg) to 150 pounds (68 kg) and are roughly 5ft (152 cm) to 5ft 10 (178 cm) long. These wolves have long coats which were usually black, often mixed with grey, or brown. [10]
Description. The wolf has a height of 85 cm (33.5 in) [citation needed] and a length between 150 and 196 cm (59 and 77 in) [citation needed] with an average male weight of 56.3 kilograms (124 lb) and for females 38.5 kilograms (85 lb). Individual weights can vary from 32 kilograms (71 lb) to 60 kilograms (130 lb). [5]
Alaska moose. Alaska Peninsula brown bear. Alaskan tundra wolf. Arctic fox. Arctic ground squirrel. Arctic hare. Arctic lemming. Arctic shrew. Arctic wolf.
Greenland wolf. The Greenland wolf (taxonomic Latin: Canis lupus orion, Danish: grønlandsulv) is a subspecies of gray wolf that is native to Greenland. [1] Historically, it was heavily persecuted, but today it is fully protected and about 90% of the wolf's range falls within the boundaries of the Northeast Greenland National Park.