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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 wolf is a fundamental component of kinship and identity for Anishinaabe people. [36] They view the wolf as a relative, a brother. [37] The wolf is ingrained in the Anishinaabe people's soul and identity through legends, clan membership, and culture (other Indigenous Nations have their own, and sometimes different relationship with the wolf).
The year 2021 was the most successful so far for the recovery program, as the highest number of individuals were counted, the most pups were born and survived, and the highest number of wolf packs. Approximately 60% of the lobos that year were found in New Mexico, and 40% in Arizona; historically, both states have had similar numbers of wolves.
OR-7, California's first resident wolf in over 80 years. In late December 2011, OR-7, a male gray wolffrom Oregon, became the first confirmed wild wolf in Californiasince 1924, when wolves were considered extirpatedfrom the state. The first resident wolf packwas confirmed in 2015, after two adults migrated from Oregon and had five pups.
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 ...
Map showing the number of wolf attacks in France by département from 1400 to 1918. According to documented data, man-eating (not rabid) wolves killed 111 people in Estonia in the years from 1804 to 1853, 108 of them were children, two men and one woman. Of the 108 children, 59 were boys aged 1 – 15 years (average age 7.3 years) and 47 girls ...
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 ...
The Ethiopian wolf is a social animal, living in family groups containing up to 20 adults (individuals older than one year), though packsof six wolves are more common. Packs are formed by dispersing males and a few females, which with the exception of the breeding female, are reproductively suppressed.