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Data Packet for Case Study 2: Canis lupus subspecies (as of 2005)
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Subspecies
Tundra wolf
Canis lupus albus
Trait Descriptions
Physical Traits
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Weight: 81-115 lbs.
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Length 44-54 inches from nose to tip of tail
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Height: 28-38 inches at the shoulder.
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The fur is very long, dense, fluffy and soft
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Fur is very light in color. The lower fur is lead-grey and the upper fur is reddish-grey.
Range
Habitat & Food
European and
Asian parts of
Russia and
Kamchatka and far
northern
Scandinavia.
Habitat
Tundra
Southern Israel,
Southern and
western Iraq,
Oman, Yemen,
Jordan, Saudi
Arabia.
Habitat
Deserts
Canadian Artic and
far northern
Greenland
Habitat
Tundra
Food sources
Reinder, snow
sheep, hares, and
artic foxes
Behavioral Traits
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Tends to form packs of 5-7 members.
Arabian wolf
Canis lupus arabs
Physical Traits
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Weight ~40 lbs.
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Length NA
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Height: 26 inches average
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Pale tan fur often with darker spots.
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Its fur is very short in the summer and longer in the winter, though not as long as
northern subspecies.
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Smaller head than other sub-species. Unique among canis lupus due to the middle two
toes of their paws being fused.
Food sources
Dorcas, Gazelles,
Ibexes, hares, and
small rodents.
Behavioral Traits
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Do not usually live in large packs, and instead hunt in groups of 2-4. This subspecies is
not known to howl.
Arctic wolf
Canis lupus arctos
Physical Traits
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Weight: 75-125 lbs.
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Length: 34-51 inches from nose to tip of tail
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Height: 25-31 inches at the shoulder.
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White or off-white fur
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Thick, thoroughly insulated fur.
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Shorter snout and ears to protect to conserve heat (due to less surface area)
Behavioral Traits
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Travel in packs of 2 to 20. They can survive in sub-zero temperatures for years, in
absolute darkness for five months per year, and without food for weeks.
1 Food sources
Caribou, muskoxen,
artic hares, seals,
ptarmigan,
lemmings,
waterfowl.
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Subspecies
Mexican wolf
Canis lupus baileyi
Trait Descriptions
Physical Traits
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Weight: 60–82 lbs.
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Length: 48-60 inches from nose to tip of tail
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Widths: 26-32 inches at the shoulder.
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The pelt contains a mix of grey, black, brown, and rust colors in a characteristic pattern,
.
with white under parts
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Shorter fur than northern sub-species.
Range
Habitat & Food
Northern Mexico,
western Texas,
southern New
Mexico, and
southeastern and
central Arizona.
Habitat
Forests, Grasslands
and Scrublands
Eastern North
Carolina
Habitat
Forests, swamps,
and coastal prairies
Food sources
Elk, deer, javelin,
rabbits, and other
small mammals
Behavioral Traits
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3-5 wolves per pack. Historical pack sizes were reported to be 3-8 wolves.
Red wolf
formerly Canis lupus rufus
now Canis rufus
Physical Traits
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Weight: ~54 lbs.
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Length: 44–65 inches from nose to tip of tail.
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Height: 26–31 inches at the shoulder.
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A red wolf's coat is long and coarse;
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Has a brownish pelt, with grey and black shading on the back and tail. Black fur used
to occur and such individuals were more common in Florida and in western areas.
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Disproportionately long legs & large ears are two obvious features that separate red
wolves from coyotes and gray wolves
Historical range
was larger: southeastern United
States from Texas
to Florida to New
York
Behavioral Traits
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Hunts alone or in small packs of 2-10 wolves. Packs include the breeding adult pair
and their offspring. Red wolves tend to form pair bonds for life.
Egyptian Wolf
Canis lupus lupaster
Physical Traits
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Weight: ~28 lbs.
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Length: ~46 inches from nose to tip of tail.
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Height: ~26 inches at the shoulder.
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Often described as lanky; It is longer limbed than other subspecies of wolf.
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Fur coat is thin
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Coat is tinged with gray, beige, orange-ish or a dirty yellow color fur.
Behavioral Traits
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Travels alone or in pairs.
2 Northern Egypt, the
Ethiopian
highlands, and
Northeastern Libya.
Food sources
Small mammals
such as rabbits and
rodents. Also known
to eat insects,
berries and
occasionally deer.
Habitat
Deserts, desert
highlands and Nile
river valley
Food sources
Northern of ElFaiyum: lives on
fish caught in
shallow water.
In Nile Valley and
Delta if feeds on
cultivated crops and
domestic animals.
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Subspecies
Great Plains wolf
Canis lupus lycaon
Trait Descriptions
Physical Traits
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Weight 60-110 lbs.
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Length: 54-78 inches from nose to tip of tail.
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Height: N/A
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Often described as skinnier than the gray wolf and has a more coyote-like appearance.
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Coat may be gray, black or tan with red-ish coloring.
Behavioral Traits
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Travels in packs of 5-6 wolves
Mackenzie Valley wolf
Canis lupus occidentalis
Physical Traits
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Weight 100-145 lbs.
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Length: 60-84 inches from nose to tip of tail.
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Height: 32-34 inches at the shoulder
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Coat thickness is average density for the species
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Coat color comes in many variations: from white to yellowish white to grey to black or a
blend of all of these.
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Deeper chest breathing capacity and longer limbs than other sub-species.
Behavioral Traits
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Travels in packs 6-12 wolves typically, with some as large as 20-30 wolves.
Indian wolf
Canis lupus pallipes
Physical Traits
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Weight 40-60 lbs.
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Length: 52-54 inches from nose to tip of tail.
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Height: ~26 inches at the shoulder
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Has short fur like Arabian wolves in the summer, though the hair on their backs remains
longer. Has a longer winter coat overall, but not as long as northern subspecies.
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Fur color ranges from greyish red to reddish white with black tips. The dark V shaped
stripe over the shoulders is much more pronounced than in northern wolves.
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Shorter fur than that of northern wolves, and with little or no under fur.
Behavioral Traits
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Tends to travel in pairs. More rarely travels in packs of related family members of 6-8.
3 Range
It currently inhabits
the western Great
Lakes region of the
United States and
Canada.
One well-studied
ecosystem these
wolves have been
studied in is Isle
Royale in Lake
Superior.
Habitat & Food
Habitat
Forest, Prairie,
Plains
Food sources
White-tailed deer,
moose, beaver,
snowshoe hare, and
smaller birds and
rodents.
Parts of the western Habitat
U.S and much of
Mountains, Forest
western Canada.
Food sources
Re-introduced into Wild boar, wood
Yellowstone
bison, muskox,
National Park and
moose, caribou,
central Idaho in. It deer, elk, ground
has has since
squirrel, vole, hares,
spread into
lemmings, and
Washington,
salmon.
Oregon, and Utah.
Western India,
Pakistan, Iran,
Turkey, Saudia
Arabia, and
southern Israel.
Habitat
Scrub-land,
grassland, semipastoral lands
Food sources
Antelopes, red deer,
wild boar, golden
jackal, ibex,
chamois, hares, and
rodents.
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