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The Indian wolf (Canis lupus pallipes) is a subspecies of gray wolf that ranges from Southwest Asia to the Indian subcontinent. It is intermediate in size between the Himalayan wolf and the Arabian wolf , and lacks the former's luxuriant winter coat due to it living in warmer conditions. [ 3 ]
Lycodon aulicus, commonly known as the Indian wolf snake or common wolf snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake found in South Asia and Southeast Asia. Early naturalists have suggested its resemblance to the venomous common krait as an instance of Batesian mimicry .
Sanichar as a young man, c. 1889–1894. Dina Sanichar (1860 or 1861–1895) was a feral boy.A group of hunters discovered him among wolves in a cave in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, India in February 1867, [1] around the age of six.
The Indian plains wolf is a proposed clade within the Indian wolf (Canis lupus pallipes) that is distinguished by its mitochondrial DNA, which is basal to all other wolves except for the Himalayan wolf. The taxonomic status of this wolf clade is disputed, with the separate species Canis indica being proposed based on two limited DNA studies.
An Indian wolf. The Indian wolf (Canis lupus pallipes) is a subspecies of gray wolf, a member of the Canid family. It is classified as endangered with the Indian population estimated at 3000 mature individuals. [1] [2] [3] Wolf attacks on humans are rare occurrences and are mostly carried out by wolves infected with rabies, which attack humans ...
Lycodon subcinctus, Malayan banded wolfsnake, in Letefoho, East Timor. Lycodon is a genus of colubrid snakes, commonly known as wolf snakes. [3] The Neo-Latin name Lycodon is derived from the Greek words λύκος (lykos) meaning wolf and οδόν (odon) meaning tooth, [4] and refers to the fang-like anterior maxillary and mandibular teeth. [2]
The group hid in nearby bushes, with Ram Singh imitating the cries of a human child to attract the wolf. By nightfall, the wolf was heard howling several times, and after a few minutes, it arrived, heading for the dummy. The group flashed a torch at the wolf and fired at it twice with two 12-gauge shotguns.
Wolf distribution is the species distribution of the wolf (Canis lupus). Originally, wolves occurred in Eurasia above the 12th parallel north and in North America above the 15th parallel north. However, deliberate human persecution has reduced the species' range to about one-third, because of livestock predation and fear of wolf attacks on humans.