Grey Wolf

Grey Wolf or Timber Wolf (Canis lupus)
The pack here at Beardsley arrived in the summer of 1998 from a breeding facility in South Dakota. We have one male
Apache (the black one) and one female Cheyenne.

Grey Wolf (Canis Lupus) belongs to the class of mammals, in the order Carnivora. It belongs to predators and has common ancestors with dogs.

Grey wolf
Grey wolves have long embodied the spirit of the wilderness. Once they had the largest natural distribution of any mammal except humans. Sadly, they can no longer claim this record as they have been lost from much of their former lands.

Grey wolf (Canis lupus)
The world's largest wild canid, the iconic grey wolf (Canis lupus) has been a source of both fear and respect, inspiring a rich cultural... More 90 Images 18 Videos ...

The grey wolf is a highly adaptive animal found in all kinds of terrain. Wolves inhabit forests, deserts, mountains, tundras, grasslands and even urban areas with the wolf being a particularly dominant and ruthless predator within it's environment.

The Grey wolf, coyote, and Grizzly bear are the primary predators of the bison.

Desert dwelling grey wolf subspecies, such as this Arabian wolf, tend to be smaller than their more northern cousins.

ABBREVIATION : CALU COMMON NAMES : gray wolf grey wolf timber wolf eastern timber wolf Rocky Mountain wolf lobo buffalo wolf brown wolf TAXONOMY : There are 32 subspecies of gray wolf worldwide; 24 of these occur in North America.

The largest member of the dog family are the wolves, and the commonest species, the grey wolf, can often be seen in zoos.

The Gray wolf (Canis lupus; also spelled Grey wolf, also known as Timber wolf or wolf) is a mammal in the order Carnivora.

"Observations of Behavior on the Grey Wolf" by Sara Watson and Angela Hinton
Natural Resources Defense Council's Wolf Facts PDF
International Wolf Center
Field Trip Earth: The Mexican Wolf Recovery Area ...

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.

The Mexican gray wolf is a subspecies of the grey wolf, and is the most endangered type of wolf in the world. Commonly referred to as "El lobo," the Mexican wolf is gray with light brown fur on its back.

They are quite fearless around large predators, like the Grey Wolf and have been observed stealing prey literally from under a wolf's nose. They even gather at other birds nests to wait for the mother to turn her back and then snatch off a chick.

The dominant pair in a grey wolf pack are the only members that breed. This pair is monogamous although, with the death of an alpha individual, a new alpha male or female will emerge and take over as the mate.

Classified as "Canis latrans".
Similar species: The Red Wolf, The Grey Wolf, and The Fox.
GENERAL INFORMATION
In the wild, the coyote lives in the open plains of the west and brushy areas of the East.

The Australian Dingo is a type of dog. They are thought to have originated in Asia, are evolved from a subspecies of the Grey Wolf.

Remarks
Alaska is home to an estimated 7,000 to 11,000 wolves. Wolves have never been threatened or endangered in Alaska.
Other names
Grey wolf, timber wolf.

Castroviejo, F. Petrucci-Fonseca, K. A. Crandall, H. Ellegren, and R. K. Wayne. 1999. Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography and population history of the grey wolf Canis lupus. Molecular Ecology 8:2089-2103.

The Dingo - a placental mammal - is Australia's largest surviving meat-eating mammal. It was probably introduced to Australia by sea-faring people about 4,000 years ago. Its origins have been traced back to a south Asian variety of Grey Wolf (Canis ...

See also: Wolf, Deer, Lion, Genet, Moose