The 25 Wolves of the World

Basically, there are three species of wolves in the world,

- Gray wolf (Canis lupus),
- The red wolf (Canis Rufus),
- And the Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis)

The Gray wolf is the most common wolf of the world. Know, these wolves and their subspecies.
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1. Gray Wolf

The gray wolf is also known as grey wolf, timber wolf and western wolf, is the native to remote areas of Eurasia and North America.The most of the modern dog breeds are developed from them.

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2. Arctic Wolf

The Arctic wolf is a subspecies of gray wolf and also known as Melville Island wolf that have presences in Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Melville Island to Ellesmere Island.

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3. Arabian Wolf

The Arabian wolf is a subspecies of Gray wolf that is also known as Desert wolf, is a native to the Arabian peninsula.

Arabian wolf is one among the smallest sized wolves.

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4. Mexican Wolf

The Mexican wolf is a sub species of Gray wolf that is also known as the lobo, native to Mexico and available in Southeastern Arizona, western Texas.

Mexican wolves have 2 subspecies,

Mexican Gray Wolf
Mexican Red Wolf

They are identified one among the most endangered canid, only 350 Mexican wolves in the world today.

Mexican wolves are the friendliest among wolves species.

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5. Alaskan Tundra Wolf

The Alaskan tundra wolf is a subspecies of gray wolf that is also known as the barren-ground wolf. They are native to the barren grounds of the Arctic Arctic Coast region from near Point Barrow eastward toward Hudson Bay and probably northwards to the Arctic Archipelago.

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6. Tundra Wolf

The Tundra Wolf is a subspecies of Grey Wolf that is also known as the Turukhan wolf. They are the native to Eurasia's tundra and forest-tundra zones from Finland to the Kamchatka Peninsula.

Tundra wolf and Alaskan Tundra Wolf, are recognized as two separate subspecies of wolf.

Some people believe the tundra wolf and Arctic wolf, are same.

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7. African Golden Wolf

The African golden wolf is also known as the golden wolf, African wolf or thoa, native to north and Northeastern Africa. They were called Golden Jackals, till the scientists identified them as a wolf.

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8. Egyptian Wolf

The Egyptian wolf is comparatively slender and small wolf, which is a subspecies of African golden wolf and native to northern, eastern and western Africa.

The Egyptian jackal is actually a wolf, which was considered a rare sub-species of the golden jackal.

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9. The Eurasian wolf

The Eurasian Wolf is a subspecies of the Grey Wolf and also known as the Common Wolf, European Wolf, Carpathian Wolf, Steppes Wolf, Tibetan Wolf and Chinese Wolf, which is native to the former Soviet Union, today's Russia and some other countries.

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10. Italian Wolf

The Italian wolf is a subspecies of gray wolf and also known as the Apeninne wolf, native to the Italian Peninsula. Lives to Apennine Mountains, Western Alps and its surrounding regions.

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11. Maned wolves

The maned wolf is the largest canid of South America, which is a rare species in the genus Chrysocyon. Maned wolves are introduced to endangered list by ICUN.

• The maned wolf is the largest Canid in South America.

• And an uncommon member of canid family, which doesn’t seem to be a true wolf.

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12. Labrador Wolf

The Labrador wolf is a subspecies of gray wolf, native to Labrador and northern Quebec. Their origin is not confirmed, but they have a presence around Canada and Alaska, They are critically endangered species which have been extirpated in Canada (Newfoundland) since 1911. In the late 2000s, and early 2010s, there were some sightings of the Labrador wolf on the island of Newfoundland.

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13. Eastern Wolf

The eastern wolf is a subspecies of the Grey Wolf and also known as the Eastern timber wolf, Algonquin wolf or deer wolf, Eastern Canadian Wolf or Eastern Canadian Red Wolf, which are native to Northern America.

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14. Great Plains Wolf

The Great Plains is a subspecies of Gray wolf that lives to Great Plains from southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan southward to northern Texas that are also known as the buffalo wolf, dusky wolf or loafer.

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15. Iberian Wolf

The Iberian wolf is a subspecies of the grey wolf, native to northern Portugal and northwestern Spain. They were critically endangered species, in the year 1970 their population was limited up to 400-500 odd individuals.

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16. Northwestern Wolf

The northwestern wolf is a subspecies of gray wolf, native to western North America. They are also known as the Mackenzie Valley wolf, Alaskan timber wolf, Canadian timber wolf, or northern timber wolf.

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17. Ethiopian Wolf

The Ethiopian wolf is a small, slender wolf with long and narrow skull and red and white coats and look like a coyote. They are native to the Ethiopian Highlands and are the only wolf species to be found in Africa. (Till African and Egyptian Golden Jackals were identified as wolves).

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18. Indian Wolf

Indian Wolf is native to India, Nepal and Pakistan, which are also known as Indigenous and Asiatic wolves. They are small sized, slender and athletic wolves, which are an endangered canid species.

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19. Red Wolf

The red wolf is a smaller relative of the grey wolf, native to eastern America. They are also known as the Florida black wolf or Mississippi Valley wolf. Red wolves are one of the most endangered canids in the world. Once they were declared extinct in the wild in 1980, they reintroduced population in 2010 was thought to total around 130 individuals.

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20. Himalayan Wolf

Recent DNA study of Himalayan wolf, clarified that they are a distinc wolf species. Earlier, Tibetan and Himalayan wolves were considered the same wolf species. Actually Himalayan wolves are the subspecies of the Gray Wolf and a newly identified wolf species.

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21. Tibetan Wolf

Tibetan wolves are native from Tibet and Himalayan range, which are friendly animals (Usually they do not attack to Human). They are a rare medium sized yellow, White colored wolves, which are considered to be the link between Asia and Gray Wolf.

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22. Alexander Archipelago Wolves

Alexander Archipelago Wolves are medium sized wolves from an Interior Alaskan region that have thick, small and black coloured coat. They are a subspecies of Gray wolf, which were identified as a separate wolf species in the year 1937.

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23. MacKenzie Valley Wolf

MacKenzie Valley Wolf is the subspecies of Gray wolf that is also known as northwestern wolf, Alaskan timber wolf, Canadian timber wolf, or northern timber wolf, which are the native from western North America and one among the largest subspecies of North America, identified in 1829 by Sir John Richardson.

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24. Yukon wolf

Yukon wolves are the subspecies of Gray wolf, native to North America. They are called as an Alaskan Interior wolf in the United States and Yukon wolf, in Canada. They are an Endangered wolf species, mainly available Yukon-Charley Rivers National preserves.

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25. Vancouver Island wolf

The Vancouver Island wolf is a subspecies of the grey wolf, native to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. They are an excellent swimmer that is also known as the wolf live with two paws in the ocean and two paws on land.

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