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Arctic Wolf
Mammal. The Arctic wolf is a subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus).
Arctic Wolf
The Arctic Wolf (Canis lupus arctos) is a wild dog that lives in the Canadian Arctic. This wolf is a subspecies of the and is sometimes called the tundra wolf.
Arctic Wolf - Canis lupus arctos.
The Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos) is a subspecies of the grey wolf (Canis lupus). Adult Arctic wolves are between 25 and 31 inches in height (measured at shoulder) and reach weights of up to 175 pounds.
ARCTIC WOLF
Able to tolerate year of sub-zero temperatures, months of darkness and weeks without food, the arctic wolf lives in one of the few places on earth where it is safe from the greatest threat of all - man.
HABITAT ...
The Arctic wolf ranges year-round over most of the islands in Canada's Arctic, roaming singly or in packs. The packs are usually comprised of an adult male and adult female and their offspring. Pack sizes are usually 5 to 8 members.
Classified as "Canis lupus arctos" The arctic wolf is a subspecies of the gray wolf. Others include the Timber wolf of America and the common wolf of Eurasia.
GENERAL INFORMATION ...
Arctic wolf
Class: Mammalia
Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES; Not Listed
European reindeer ...
Arctic Wolf (Image by Steve Canipe at pics4learning.com)
The Arctic Wolf is a highly resilient animal. It has to be, as it inhabits some of the most hostile terrain on earth.
ARCTIC WOLF
Arctic wolves are meat-eaters that live in Northern Canada.
BADGER
The badger is a nocturnal mammal with a black-and-white striped face.
gray wolf, arctic wolf, tundra wolf, Mackenzie Valley wolf, timber wolf, plains wolf, Mexican wolf, lobo, European wolf, Eurasian wolf, common wolf, Iberian wolf, Turukhan wolf, Arabian wolf, steppe wolf, Asian desert wolf, Tibetan wolf
KINGDOM: ...
tundrarum barren ground or arctic wolf C.l. ssp. hudsonicus Hudson Bay wolf C.l. ssp. arctos American arctic or arctic tundra wolf C.l. ssp. orion Greenland wolf C.l. ssp. labradorius Labrador wolf C.l. ssp. beothucus* Newfoundland wolf C.l. ssp.
The specimen on the right is an arctic wolf Canis lupus arctos, found in northernmost latitudes. The black one below is a member of a race from farther south. Generally, the fur of a wolf tends to be heavily mottled with various shades.
Also known as:
Wolf, Timber Wolf, Tundra Wolf, Lobo, Prairie Wolf, Mexican Wolf, Arctic Wolf
Length:
Average: 1,100 mm males; 1,050 kg, females
Range: 1,000-1,300 mm males; 870-1,170 mm females ...
Other Names
Timber Wolf, Prairie Wolf, Mexican Wolf, Arctic Wolf
Size
Length: males 1.0m - 1.3m; females; 0.9m - 1.2m ...
Clutton-Brock, J., A., C. Kitchener, and J.M. Lynch. 1994. Changes in the skull morphology of the Arctic wolf, Canis lupus arctos, during the twentieth century. Journal of Zoology (London) 233:19-36.
Its acute sense of smell enables the muskox to find food beneath the snow. When the muskox sense danger, the herd forms a circle facing outward with the calves inside to keep them safe. The arctic wolf is the only wild predator of muskoxen.
 See also: Wolf, Caribou, Gray Wolf, Lemming, Musk Ox
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