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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 Labrador wolf (Canis lupus labradorius) is a subspecies of gray wolf native to Labrador, Newfoundland, and northern Quebec. It has been described as ranging in color from dark grizzly-gray to almost white, [ 4 ] and of being closely related to the Newfoundland wolf ( C. l. beothucus ). [ 5 ]
The Mexican wolf is the smallest of North America's gray wolf subspecies, [9] weighing 50–80 lb (23–36 kg) with an average height of 28–32 in (710–810 mm) and an average length of 5.5 ft (1.7 m). [10]
Large male gray wolf walking on a hill in the forest. (Photo credit: Getty Images) Less than nine months after Colorado released its first gray wolves into the wild as part of a controversial ...
In 2021, a mitochondrial DNA analysis of North American wolf-like canines indicates that the extinct Late Pleistocene Beringian wolf was the ancestor of the southern wolf clade, which includes the Mexican wolf and the Great Plains wolf. The Mexican wolf is the most ancestral of the gray wolves that live in North America today.
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]
The Manitoba wolf (Canis lupus griseoalbus), also known as the grey-white wolf, [3] is an extinct subspecies of gray wolf that roamed in the southern Northwest Territories, northern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and south-central Manitoba. This wolf is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World ...
Custer Wolf; Dogor, preserved specimen; Hexham wolf; Lobo the King of Currumpaw; Old Gray Guy - Isle Royale immigrant who genetically rescued the inbred population of wolves of the Island; OR-7 (also known as "Journey") [male] O-Six (also known as "The 06 Female" or 832F [her research ID]) Romeo; Slavc; Three Toes of Harding County; Tiger of ...