•Gray Wolf - the most common species, normally referred to simply as "wolf". There are several sub-species of this breed. These are:

•** Arctic Wolf - This species is not endangered but is on the lower concern list.

◦Arabian Wolf - This species is critically endangered.

◦Eastern Timber Wolf - This species is endangered.

◦Eurasian Wolf - This species is not endangered but is on the lower concern list.

◦Mexican Wolf - This species is critically endangered.

◦Italian Wolf - Although this species is not engendered it is listed as Vulnerable.

◦Mackenzie Valley Wolf - Also known as the Rocky Mountain Wolf, Alaskan Timber Wolf or Canadian Timber Wolf. This species is not endangered but is on the lower concern list.

◦Russian Wolf - This species is not endangered but is on the lower concern list.

◦Iberian Wolf - This species is one step away from being classed as vulnerable. They are listed as Conservation dependent, meaning that with out the conservation efforts they would become endangered very quickly.

◦Great Plains Wolf - Also known as the Buffalo Wolf. This species is not endangered but is on the lower concern list.

◦Tundra Wolf - This species is not endangered but is on the lower concern list.

◦Southern-East Asian Wolf - also known as the Turkish or Iranian wolf. This species in endangered.

◦Caspian Sea Wolf - This species is endangered.

◦Dingo - This species is listed as vulnerable.

◦Vancouver Island Wolf - This species is endangered.

◦Egyptian Jackal - Also a sub-species of the Jackal. This species is critically endangered.

◦Himalayan Wolf - disputed as a sub-species of the grey wolf and was thought to belong to the Tibetan wolf species. Now, this species is critically endangered.

•Red Wolf - Found in eastern USA. This species is critically endangered.

•Prairie wolf - also known as coyote. This species is not endangered but is on the lower concern list.

•Eastern Canadian Wolf - a newly recognised species, thought to be a relation of both the prairie wolf and the gray wolf, and is something classified as a Grey wolf sub-species. This species is endangered.

•Ethiopian Wolf - A wolf that very closely resembles a fox. This species is endangered.

•Indian Wolf - Another recently recognise species, thought originally to be a sub-species of Southern-East Asian Wolf, now known to be a species in its own right.

•Maned Wolf - Found exclusively in South America. This species is critically endangered.

There are also several species of wolf that are now extinct. These include:

•Hokkaido Wolf - One of the two Japanese wolf species. Confirmed extinct in 1889.

•Honshū Wolf - The second of the Japanese wolf species, also extinct. Confirmed to be extinct in 1905.

•Dire Wolf - A prehistoric wolf. Estimated to have become extinct around 10,000 years ago.

•Newfoundland Wolf - A sub-species of the grey wolf, now extinct. Confirmed to be extinct in 1911.

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