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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 ...
Global wolf range based on IUCN's 2023 assessment. [1] The wolf (Canis lupus; [b] pl.: wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large 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 ...
The group found deficiencies in the previous study's selection of specimens and the findings drawn from the different techniques used. Therefore, the group argues that both the red wolf and the eastern wolf remain genetically distinct North American taxa. [74] This was rebutted by the authors of the earlier study. [122]
The Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi), also known as the lobo mexicano (or, simply, lobo) [a] is a subspecies of gray wolf (C. lupus) native to eastern and southeastern Arizona and western and southern New Mexico (in the United States) and fragmented areas of northern Mexico. Historically, the subspecies ranged from eastern Southern California ...
The maned wolf bears minor similarities to the red fox, although it belongs to a different genus. The average adult weighs 23 kg (51 lb) and stands up to 110 cm (43 in) tall at the shoulder, and has a head-body length of 100 cm (39 in), with the tail adding another 45 cm (18 in). [16] Its ears are large and long 18 cm (7.1 in). [17]
Great Plains wolf. The Great Plains wolf (Canis lupus nubilus), also known as the buffalo wolf or loafer, is a subspecies of gray wolf that once extended throughout the Great Plains, from southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan in Canada southward to northern Texas in the United States. [5] The subspecies was thought to be extinct in 1926, until ...
The largest northern wolves today have a shoulder height of up to 38 in (97 cm) and a body length of 69 in (180 cm). [56]: 1 Some dire wolf specimens from Rancho La Brea are smaller than this, and some are larger. [13] The dire wolf had smaller feet and a larger head when compared with a northern wolf of the same body size.
minor (Ogerien, 1863) niger (Hermann, 1804) orientalis (Wagner, 1841) orientalis (Dybowski, 1922) signatus (Cabrera, 1907) [2] The Eurasian wolf (Canis lupus lupus), also known as the common wolf, [3] is a subspecies of grey wolf native to Europe and Asia. It was once widespread throughout Eurasia prior to the Middle Ages.