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Wolves in the eastern Balkans benefitted from the region's contiguity with the former Soviet Union and large areas of plains, mountains, and farmlands. Wolves in Hungary occurred in only half the country around the start of the 20th century, and were largely restricted to the Carpathian Basin. Wolf populations in Romania remained largely ...
In times of scarcity, wolves will readily eat carrion. [64] In Eurasian areas with dense human activity, many wolf populations are forced to subsist largely on livestock and garbage. [59] As prey in North America continue to occupy suitable habitats with low human density, North American wolves eat livestock and garbage only in dire ...
The steppe wolf (Canis lupus campestris), also known as the Caspian Sea wolf, is a subspecies of grey wolf native to the Caspian steppes, the steppe regions of the Caucasus, the lower Volga region, southern Kazakhstan north to the middle of the Emba, and the steppe regions of the lower European part of the former Soviet Union.
The Iberian wolf Canis lupus signatus Cabrera 1907 [2] is classified as Canis lupus lupus by Mammal Species of the World. [5] Some authors claim that the south-eastern Spanish wolf, last sighted in Murcia in the 1930s, was a different subspecies called Canis lupus deitanus.
In Russian forests, the most important predator of the Eurasian lynx is the grey wolf. [4] In packs, wolves kill and eat lynxes that fail to escape into trees. Lynx populations decrease when wolves appear in a region and are likely to take smaller prey where wolves are active. [4] [5]
The wolves of the Iberian peninsula have morphologically distinct features from other Eurasian wolves and each are considered by their researchers to represent their own subspecies. [134] [135] The taxonomic reference Mammal Species of the World (3rd edition, 2005) does not recognize Canis lupus signatus; however, NCBI/Genbank does list it. [136]
Somehow wolves are always the villain. But these wolf puns will help you feel better about wolves—even the Big Bad one. The post 25 Wolf Puns That Are Howlingly Funny appeared first on Reader's ...
A number of incidents involving aggressive wolves have occurred in Alert, Nunavut, where the wolves have lived in close proximity to the local weather station for decades and became habituated to humans. One of these wolves attacked 3 people, was shot, and tested positive for rabies. [20] Arctic wolf feeding on muskox carcass in Ellesmere Island