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  Red Wolf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Red Wolf (Canis rufus) is the rarest and most endangered of all wolves.
Canis rufus floridanus has been extinct since 1930 and Canis rufus rufus was declared extinct by 1970.
Canis rufus gregoryi, the surviving subspecies, was extirpated in 1980, although that status was changed to critical when 100 wolves were reintroduced in North Carolina.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Red_Wolf   (859 words)

  
 International Wolf Center Intermediate Wolf Information
Canis lupus arctos is commonly known as the arctic wolf.
Canis rufus gregoryi, is the red wolf subspecies which once inhabited the areas of southwestern Indiana, southern Missouri, and eastern Oklahoma to southern Mississippi, central Louisiana, and the Big Thicket area of Texas.
Canis lupus italicus, inhabits the Italian Peninsula, and was the subject of Nowak and Fedroff's systematic study in 2002.
www.wolf.org /wolves/learn/intermed/inter_sci/wolf_subspecies.asp   (1080 words)

  
 Red Wolf : Canis rufus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Red Wolf (Canis rufus) is a mammal that is a member of the Canidae family and a close relative of the Grey Wolf and domestic dog.
Canis rufus floridanus has been extinct since 1930.
Canis rufus rufus was declared extinct by 1970.
www.explainthis.info /ca/canis-rufus.html   (430 words)

  
 Red Wolves
The red wolf (Canis rufus) is one of the most endangered canids in the world, as there are only about 100 of them in the wild today.
Canis rufus floridanus was extinct by 1930 and Canis rufus rufus was extinct by 1970.
However, Canis rufus gregregoryi is thought to have gone extinct in the wild by 1980.
www.ualberta.ca /~jzgurski/rwolf.html   (595 words)

  
 canis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Canis is a genus that includes several species.
One species, the wolf Canis lupus, or grey wolf is thought to be the ancestor of the Dog.
The dog is sometimes named Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /canis.html   (109 words)

  
 THE V-45 `WOLFWING'
Rufus redesigned the fuselage and added a pair of forward stabilizers to solve the problem of the V-45's tendency to spin in flight, due to its pair of powerful Lupus F-116 fusion engines.
One pilot; Captain Steele of the 34th Canis Navy Space Squadron, commented that the forward laser cannons were more successful against enemy starfighters, and the others (on the wings) were better used on larger capital ships.
Due to the Canine's obsession with ground attack superiority, Rufus agreed to arm the "Wolf Wing" with a pair of Dumbfire Rocket Launchers.
www.fortunecity.com /boozers/elephant/114/wolfwing.htm   (992 words)

  
 Canis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Canis is a genus that includes several of the modern wolf and jackal species, including the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) which is thought to be the ancestor of the Domestic Dog (Canis lupus familiaris).
The Jackals used to be placed in their own genus: Thor.
It is an ancient genus (but very advanced), dating back to the Miocene.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canis   (109 words)

  
 Comprehensive Report Species - Canis rufus
Taxonomic Comments: The red wolf (Canis rufus) is here treated as a species separate from the eastern timber wolf (Canis lupus lycaon), but recent genetic studies show that the eastern timber wolf (Canis lupus lycaon) and the red wolf (Canis rufus) are sister taxa and are best considered to be conspecific (as C.
(2000, 2003) proposed that the eastern timber wolf (Canis lycaon) be recognized as a spcies distinct from the gray wolf (C.
Sometimes Canis rufus has been regarded as a hybrid between the gray wolf and coyote (Wayne and Jenks 1991), but generally it has been accepted as a valid species since the early 1970s (Paradiso and Nowak 1971).
natureserve.org /explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Canis+rufus   (2565 words)

  
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The gray wolf (Canis lupes); (tundra wolf, timberwolf, arctic wolf, buffalo wolf, lobo wolf,...) is the largest species with representatives found in North America, Europe, Scandinavia, Middle East, India and Asia.
The second species, Canis rufus, (red wolf) is a taxa under challenge as to wether it is truly a species of wolf or simply a hybrid offspring of gray wolves mating with coyotes.
The third species of wolf is the Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) which lives in Africa and Ethiopia which has previously been classified as a jackal until DNA research proved it to be a true wolf.
home.globalcrossing.net /~brendel/wolf.html   (1984 words)

  
 Red Wolf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Simply put, unlike the Arctic wolf, the Red wolf is not a subspecies of Canis lupus (Gray Wolf) and therefore, not a Gray Wolf at all.
It is now thought by many scientists that the Red wolf is simply the southern remnant of "Canis lycaon," the wolves inhabiting certain regions between Manitoba and Quebec, Canada.
Although newly recognized, "Canis lycaon" is surrounded by controversy.
www.kerwoodwolf.com /RED.htm   (815 words)

  
 Wolf Sub-species - Wolf Source   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Tundra Wolf (Canis lupus albus) Tundra from Finland to Kamtschatka
Steppe Wolf (Canis lupus campestris) inhabiting the deserts and steppes of Central Asia.
Cascade Mountain Wolf (Canis lupus fuscus) a brownish-colored wolf from the Cascade Mountains; by 1940 was...
www.wolfsource.org /subspecies.html   (655 words)

  
 Lioncrusher's Domain -- Red Wolf (Canis rufus) facts and pictures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Canis lupus did not arise until several thousands of years later, and tended to stay further north, and Canis latrans had not entered the southeastern region until very recently, about 10,000 years ago.
Canis rufus rufus -- once ranged central and coastal Texas and southern Louisiana, but was extirpated from these areas.
Canis rufus gregoryi -- also known as the swamp wolf, which was found from southwestern Indiana, southern Missouri, and eastern Oklahoma to southern Mississippi, central Louisiana, and the Big Thicket area of Texas.
www.lioncrusher.com /animal.asp?animal=27   (887 words)

  
 * Red Wolf - (Animals): Definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Red Wolf (Canis rufus) and the gray wolf are the only two species of true wolves alive in the world.
A small reddish wolf (Canis rufus) of the southeast United States, having gray or fl highlights and existing almost exclusively in captivity.
The extinct Dire Wolf (C. dirus), was half again as large as the modern Gray Wolf and was common in western North America during the Pleistocene,...
www.bestknows.com /animals/red_wolf.html   (709 words)

  
 Pictures of the red wolf|Canis rufus facts
Description/Abstract For all practical purposes the red wolf (Canis rufus) is extirpated in its final range in southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana.
--Denver Bryan The red wolf (Canis rufus) is a tawny, reddish, or fl canid of the south central United States and is an endangered species.
By using this definition only, Canis rufus is not a true species, as it can hybridize with both Canis latrans (the coyote) and Canis lupus (the gray wolf).
www.thewebsiteofeverything.com /animals/mammals/Carnivora/Canidae/Canis/Canis-rufus.html   (277 words)

  
 Red wolf - Canis rufus: More Information - ARKive
Red wolves are smaller than their relative, the grey wolf (Canis lupus), and have longer legs and shorter fur (4).
Recent genetic and morphological research suggests that the red wolf is a unique species, rather than the hybrid offspring from gray wolf (Canis lupus) and coyote (Canis latrans) interbreeding (8)(9).
Despite the ongoing debate as to the species status of the red wolf, the recovery programme initiated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is one of the most successful large mammal conservation efforts (7).
www.arkive.org /species/GES/mammals/Canis_rufus/more_info.html   (797 words)

  
 Comprehensive Report Species - Canis lupus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Taxonomic Comments: Recent genetic studies show that the eastern timber wolf (Canis lupus lycaon) and the red wolf (Canis rufus) are sister taxa and are best considered to be conspecific (Wilson et al.
Dispersal of wolves (CANIS LUPUS) in northeastern Minnesota, 1969-1989.
Gray wolf (Canis lupus) occurrences in the Dakotas.
natureserve.org /explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=CANIS+LUPUS   (5552 words)

  
 WildWNC.org : Nature Notes : The Mystery Wolf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) was at one time the most widely distributed land mammal on earth, It was found across North America, Europe and Asia, occupying basically all non-desert land areas of these continents north of about 20 degrees latitude.
The wolves released in these areas are not Gray Wolves but the Red Wolf (Canis rufus), a southeastern form being rescued from extinction through the federal Red Wolf Recovery Program.
Canis rufus rufus for the Red Texas Wolf of Audubon and Blackman, Canis rufus floridanus for the Black Florida Wolf of Bartram and Canis rufus gregoryi for a new subspecies in the lower Mississippi valley.
www.wildwnc.org /natnotes/wolves.html   (1525 words)

  
 Red Wolves   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Canis rufus, the red wolf, has also been referred to as Canis niger.
Canis rufus, as described by Whitaker (1980), is a medium-sized Canid.
Radiocesium was utilized by Holleman (1981) to study prey consumption of Alaskan wolves (Canis lupus pambasileaus).
www.cogscreations.net /wildlands/redwolf.htm   (842 words)

  
 Red Wolf -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
It is said to have no natural predators.
Traditionally, three ((biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species) subspecies of Red Wolf have been recognised, two of which are extinct.
The Red Wolf is a medium-sized (Any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles) canid, smaller and more slender than the (Click link for more info and facts about Grey Wolf) Grey Wolf but larger than the (Small wolf native to western North America) coyote.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/re/red_wolf.htm   (770 words)

  
 International Wolf Center Wolf Basics - Red Wolf Biology and Status
The red wolf (Canis rufus) is distinguished from the gray wolf (Canis lupus) and the coyote (Canis latrans) by size and coloring.
Scientific studies disagree over whether the red wolf is indeed a separate species, a subspecies of the gray wolf, or hybrid between gray wolves and coyotes.
Thus far, petitions to delist the red wolf on grounds that it is a hybrid have been defeated, and Canis rufus remains a protected species under federal law in the United States.
www.wolf.org /wolves/learn/basic/redwolf_bio.asp   (1337 words)

  
 N.E. Federoff
Much debate and controversy has surrounded the taxonomy of the red wolf (Canis rufus) in recent years (Nowak, 1992; Wayne, 1992; Henry, 1992; Dowling et al., 1992; etc.).
Multiple character analysis of Canis lupus, latrans, and familiaris with a discussion of Canis niger.
Mitochondrial DNA analysis implying extensive hybridization of the endangered red wolf Canis rufus.
science-research-canid.itgo.com /redwolf.htm   (671 words)

  
 Learn About Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Fossil evidence suggest that the genus Canis arose in the late Miocene period in North America.
At some point at least one species of Canis emigrated to the Eurasian continent across the Bering Land Bridge, giving rise eventually to the European, Asian, and African canids.
The domestic dog (Canis familiaris) in all its forms evolved from the gray wolf.
muirmaid.home.sprynet.com /learn.htm   (896 words)

  
 United States of America
BI 26:22687 ZR 120(19):1069 7.007 Carley, C. The status and future of the red wolf (Canis rufus).
Notes on the red wolf (Canis rufus) in coastal marshes and praires of eastern Texas.
BA 55:35991 WR 147:45 ZR 109(19):155 7.121 Shaw, J. Ecology, behaviour, and systematics of the red wolf (Canis rufus).
www.albany.edu /~knee/usa.html   (2863 words)

  
 Red Wolves: Are they a wolf/coyote hybrid?
The biological species concept defines a species as a population or a group of populations whose members have the potential to interbreed with one another in nature to produce fertile offspring, but who cannot interbreed with members of other species to produce viable, fertile offspring.
However, the biological species concept is usually not used to determine whether or not a certain population consitutes a separate species.
Canis lupus and Canis latrans are found on the same continent and are recognized as being two separate species even though they interbreed and produce fertile offspring.
www.ualberta.ca /~jzgurski/mtdna.html   (1132 words)

  
 european and north american wolf species: Taxonomic Nomenclature with pictures
Canis lupus lycaon [of Minnesota] (Eastern Timber Wolf
Canis lupus lycaon [except for the Minnesota lycaons] (Eastern Timber Wolf
Canis lupus chanco (Mongolian Wolf)-*see Canis lupus laniger*-
www.petandwildlife.com /wolves/wolf_species.htm   (1083 words)

  
 Canis rufus (Red Wolf): Narrative   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Red wolves are distinguished from their nearest relative, Canis lupus, by their smaller size, relatively narrower proportions, longer legs and ears, and shorter fur.
Red wolves have a total length between 1000 and 1300 mm, tail length of from 300 to 420 mm, and shoulder height of 660 to 790 mm.
It is possibly a naturally occuring hybrid of coyotes and grey wolves, though debate on this issue continues (Nowak, 1995, Wayne, 1995).
www.edjameson.com /Research/Endangered%20Animals/pages/wolfred8.htm   (773 words)

  
 Red Wolf Airsoft   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Traditionally, three subspecies of Red Wolf have been recognised, two of which are extinct.
Then I re-read it and figured out what the entry was trying to say - with some difficulty, I might add.
No, it doesn't mean that, it means that ''Canis rufus gregoryi'' is the only surviving subspecies.
www.wwwtln.com /finance/154/red-wolf-airsoft.html   (1530 words)

  
 Red Wolves: to Conserve or not to Conserve
A prime example of such a situation is the case of the North American red wolf, Canis rufus.
The red wolf was once fairly widespread in the southeastern USA, but predator control programmes and the conversion of mature woodland habitat to agriculture resulted in a reduction in both range and population size.
Red wolves appeared to be closely related to populations of grey wolves that are known to hybridize with coyotes, and had allele frequencies generally intermediate between non-hybridizing populations of coyotes and grey wolves (Fig.3).
www.canids.org /PUBLICAT/CNDNEWS3/2conserv.htm   (4402 words)

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