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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.
The eastern wolf has two proposals over its origin. One is that the eastern wolf is a distinct species (C. lycaon) that evolved in North America, as opposed to the gray wolf that evolved in the Old World, and is related to the red wolf. The other is that it is derived from admixture between gray wolves, which inhabited the Great Lakes area and ...
This is a list of the native wild mammal species recorded in Mexico.As of September 2014, there were 536 mammalian species or subspecies listed. Based on IUCN data, Mexico has 23% more noncetacean mammal species than the U.S. and Canada combined in an area only 10% as large, or a species density over 12 times that of its northern neighbors.
Since 1973, the gray wolf has been on and off the federal government's endangered species list. When the wolves are on the list, advocates say the protections help wolves' place in the natural ...
As of 2023, the Mexican wolf population stood at 257, a big gain for a species that was on the brink of extinction.. The number is a stark contrast to decades prior, when the species was close to ...
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 ...
This is a list of famous individual wolves, pairs of wolves, or wolf packs. For a list of wolf subspecies, see Subspecies of Canis lupus . For a list of all species in the Canidae family, several of which are named "wolves", see list of canids .
Northern New Mexico or bust — that seems to be the case for at least one Mexican gray wolf that is intent on wandering beyond the boundaries set for managing the rarest subspecies of gray wolf ...