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Illustration of a Pleistocene wolf cranium that was found in Kents Cavern, Torquay, England [1]. It is widely agreed that the evolutionary lineage of the grey wolf can be traced back 2 million years to the Early Pleistocene species Canis etruscus, and its successor the Middle Pleistocene Canis mosbachensis.
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.
Wolf after re-introduction. The history of wolves in Yellowstone includes the extirpation, absence and reintroduction of wild populations of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) to Yellowstone National Park and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. When the park was created in 1872, wolf populations were already in decline in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho.
The Capitoline Wolf with Romulus and Remus. The wolf is a common motif in the foundational mythologies and cosmologies of peoples throughout Eurasia and North America (corresponding to the historical extent of the habitat of the gray wolf), and also plays a role in ancient European cultures.
Lithograph of Pleistocene wolf remains from Britain. During the Pleistocene, wolves were widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere. [1] Some Pleistocene wolves, such as Beringian wolves and those from Japan, exhibited large body size in comparison to modern gray wolf populations.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 December 2024. Extinct species of canine mammal For the fictional creature in the A Song of Ice and Fire series, see Direwolf (Game of Thrones). For other uses, see Dire wolf (disambiguation). Dire wolf Temporal range: Late Pleistocene – early Holocene (125,000–9,500 years ago) Pre๊ ๊ O S D C ...
Wolf Hunt by Gerard Rijsbrack, depicting a wolf hunt by the French king's hounds, 3rd quarter of 18th century. It is known that wolves survived in Scotland up until the 18th century. [9] Mary, Queen of Scots, is known to have hunted wolves in the forest of Atholl in 1563. [6] Stories on the killing of the alleged last wolf of Scotland vary.
An Anglo-Saxon wolf hunt as depicted in Thomas Miller's 1859 novel The British Wolf-Hunters.. Wolves were once present in Great Britain.Early writing from Roman and later Saxon chronicles indicate that wolves appear to have been extraordinarily numerous on the island. [1]