Some suggest there are just two species of wolf: the gray wolf (Canis lupus) and the red wolf (Canis rufus). Others, however, throw a third or a fourth into the mix; the Eastern wolf (Canis lycaon ...

2. Coloration The gray wolf and red fox were both named for their fur coloration. That makes it easy to remember that the gray wolf is primarily grey in color, and the red fox is an orangish-red ...

The gray wolf, also known as the timber wolf or ... 45 kg (95–99 lb), and females 36–38.5 kg (79–85 lb). Like the red wolf, it is distinguished from other Canis species by its larger size ...

Red wolves are among the most endangered carnivores in the world. Once spread across the U.S. Southeast, these clever and highly adaptive predators suffered a similar fate to that of their gray wolf ...

Meanwhile, in an appropriations bill passed in March 2018, Congress directed the USFWS to obtain an independent assessment on the taxonomic status of the red wolf and the Mexican gray wolf. At the ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — Researchers with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the latest annual count of gray wolves in the state of California. That update for 2024 ...