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List of gray wolf populations by country. As of 2018, the global gray wolf population is estimated to be 200,000–250,000. [1] Once abundant over much of North America and Eurasia, the gray wolf inhabits a smaller portion of its former range because of widespread human encroachment and destruction of its habitat, and the resulting human-wolf ...
The gray wolf has been fully protected in Italy since 1976, and now holds a population of over 1,269–1,800. [9] Italian wolves entered France's Mercantour National Park in 1993, and at least fifty wolves were discovered in the western Alps in 2000.
Global wolf range based on IUCN's 2023 assessment. [1] The wolf (Canis lupus; [b] pl.: wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus have been recognized, including the dog and dingo, though gray wolves, as popularly understood, only comprise ...
The grey wolf was present only in the eastern and northern parts of Finland by 1900, though its numbers increased after World War II. [20] Although the Finnish wolf population rose by 2005 to around 250 individuals, by 2013, their numbers had again declined to the mid-1990s figure of around 140.
The Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos), also known as the white wolf, polar wolf, and the Arctic grey wolf, is a subspecies of grey wolf native to the High Arctic tundra of Canada's Queen Elizabeth Islands, from Melville Island to Ellesmere Island. [3][4] Unlike some populations that move between tundra and forest regions, [5] Arctic wolves spend ...
Iberian wolf. The Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus, [2][3][1][4] or Canis lupus lupus, [5] Spanish and Portuguese: Lobo ibérico), [6] is a subspecies of grey wolf. It inhabits the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, which includes northwestern Spain and northern Portugal. It is home to 2,200-2,700 wolves which have been isolated from mixing ...
Wolves have naturally migrated in the three state region. As of 2021, the estimated stable population is 4,400 in the three states. [20] Wolves may also disperse across the Great Plains into this region from the northern Rocky Mountain region which includes Wyoming with approximately 300 wolves and Colorado with a small population.
Trinomial name. Canis lupus pambasileus. Elliot, 1905 [2] Historical and present range of gray wolf subspecies in North America. The Interior Alaskan wolf[3][4] (Canis lupus pambasileus), also known as the Yukon wolf, is a subspecies of gray wolf native to parts of British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, [5] Interior Alaska and Yukon. [4]