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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. [4]
The name is derived from Latin lupus + homo, respectively lobo ("wolf"), and homem ("man") in Portuguese.. In some parts of the Amazon the term Cumacanga is used, though it is unclear if this is the female version of lobisomem, or if this is a different but related story.
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.
The Northwestern wolf is also one of the longest wolf subspecies, as its length usually ranges from 5 to 6 ft (152–183 cm) and can reach as long as 7 ft (213 cm). [ 13 ] [ 14 ] In comparison, the mean adult weights of its nearest rivals in size, the Eurasian wolf ( C. l. lupus ) and the Interior Alaskan wolf ( C. l. pambasileus ), was ...
An alpha male gray wolf (Canis lupus) confronts another wolf in Montana. / Credit: Dennis Fast / VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Since 1973, the gray wolf has been on and off the ...
A study of the three coastal wolves indicates a close phylogenetic relationship across regions that are geographically and ecologically contiguous, and the study proposed that Canis lupus ligoni (the Alexander Archipelago wolf), Canis lupus columbianus (the British Columbian wolf), and Canis lupus crassodon (the Vancouver Coastal Sea wolf ...
The wolf (Canis lupus; [b] pl.: wolves), also known as the grey wolf or gray 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 grey wolves, as popularly understood, only comprise naturally-occurring wild subspecies.
The werewolf trials. While most people know of the witch trials that took place in Europe and in the American colonies (including Salem, Massachusetts) during the 1500's and 1600's, few are aware ...