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Rank Species Binomial name Image Weight range (kg) Maximum weight (kg) Length range (m) Maximum length (m) [a] Shoulder height (cm) Native range by continent(s)
Northwestern wolves are one of the largest subspecies of wolves. In British Columbia, Canada, five adult females averaged 42.5 kg or 93.6 lbs with a range of 85 lbs to 100 lbs (38.6 - 45.4 kg) and ten adult males averaged 112.2 lbs or 51.7 kg with a range of 105 lbs to 135 lbs (47.6 - 61.2 kg), with a weight range for all adults of 38.6 kg to 61.2 kg (85 – 135 lbs). [9]
The wolf's radio collar showed that it had come from Germany through the Netherlands, and that it had covered 500 km in just 10 days. [33] In 2022, there were an estimated 15 wolves in four wolf packs living in the Netherlands. [34] As of 2022, Belgium was home to at least 9 wolves in two packs. [7]
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In 2021, a mitochondrial DNA analysis of North American wolf-like canines indicates that the extinct Late Pleistocene Beringian wolf was the ancestor of the southern wolf clade, which includes the Mexican wolf and the Great Plains wolf. The Mexican wolf is the most ancestral of the gray wolves that live in North America today. [17]
10 of the 13 extant canid genera left-to-right, top-to-bottom: Canis, Cuon, Lycaon, Cerdocyon, Chrysocyon, Speothos, Vulpes, Nyctereutes, Otocyon, and Urocyon Canidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, which includes domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, foxes, jackals, dingoes, and many other extant and extinct dog-like mammals.
Large male gray wolf walking on a hill in the forest. (Photo credit: Getty Images) Less than nine months after Colorado released its first gray wolves into the wild as part of a controversial ...
The wolf is the largest wild extant member of the family Canidae, and is further distinguished from other Canis species by its less pointed ears and muzzle, as well as a shorter torso and a longer tail. The wolf is nonetheless related closely enough to smaller Canis species, such as the coyote and the golden jackal, to produce fertile hybrids ...