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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.
In November 2010, the zoo sent a female Mexican gray wolf to Tenino, Washington, to be bred with a male wolf. The wolves were selected by a panel of experts as part of an effort to save the species from extinction. [9] It is estimated that there are only 40 Mexican grey wolves left in the wild. [10]
Plans to reintroduce the Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) to Big Bend National Park were rejected in the late 1980s by the state of Texas. Disagreement over the reintroduction included the question of whether the park contained enough prey animals, such as deer and javelinas, to sustain a wolf population. [25]
The wild population of Mexican gray wolves in the southwestern U.S. is still growing, but environmental groups are warning that inbreeding and the resulting genetic crisis within the endangered ...
There were 257 wolves surviving in the range in 2023, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a 6% increase from 242 wolves counted in 2022. There were 144 wolves in New Mexico last year ...
An endangered Mexican wolf captured last weekend after wandering hundreds of miles from Arizona to New Mexico is now being readied for a dating game of sorts as part of federal reintroduction efforts.
With an area of about 501,896 km 2 ... The Mexican wolf, ... and part of Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Texas. ...
The Mexican wolf, a subspecies of the gray wolf, was listed as endangered in 1976, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Thousands of these animals once lived across New Mexico, Arizona ...