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Grey wolves are larger with thicker fur and live more north than the red wolves. Red wolves can be found more south, like the deserts of Texas or Mexico, and Grey wolves live in Canada, Alaska, and all of the northwestern states although some can also be found in Mexico. They are of Eurasian origin and can also be found in Africa.
Red wolves are actually hybrids between Grey wolves and coyotes. There used to be three different populations of these hybrids, one in Florida which was a cross between the extinct Florida Black wolves and an earlier great plains coyote population, one in the Mississippi Valley which was a cross between the Mississippi wolves and the great plains coyotes and the last one alive today is a captive population that originated from a remnant extracted from Texas who may be hybrids between the extinct Texas Grey wolf and the southern Texas coyotes. Today, they have been reintroduced into North Carolina. It's also possible that some of the so-called Red wolves from Texas may also have Mexican Grey wolves in them since that population has also mixed with coyotes when they were nearly driven to extinction.
All of the other ones have since backcrossed extensively with coyotes as the pure Grey wolves slowly died out in the east from persecutions. In Canada, the Eastern wolf is another Grey wolf/coyote hybrid population that is closely related to the Red wolves in which they also have much coyote influences and is intermediate in size between the Grey wolves and coyotes.
The grey wolf is a species of canid found across Eurasia and North America. It is sometimes referred to as the timber wolf, in which case there is no difference between 'grey wolf' and 'timber wolf'. However, the eastern timber wolf is a specific subspecies - you can still call it a grey wolf or a timber wolf, but you can't call a wolf from another area an eastern timber wolf. The arctic wolf is another subspecies, in which all individuals are white - in other subspecies, wolves may vary widely in colour, being black, grey, brown, white or any combination of these (though it is rare to find a completely white individual in any subspecies but the arctic wolf). Again, you can still call an arctic wolf a grey wolf - it's still the same species - but you can't call a wolf from another subspecies an arctic wolf.
its that a timber wolf needs to live in the wild in the woods while a coyote can live any were it likes and the coyote can live in alot of diffrent habetats
A timber wolf is a certain breed of wolf. A wolf in general, is well, a wolf.
a black wolf is really just a gray wolf with black fur. Still part of the Timber wolf.
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What is the difference between the Mexican gray wolf and the gray wolf?
there are two species of wolves. the red wolf and the gray wolf. the mexican gray wolf is a type of gray wolf. so they are actually the same but the mexican gray wolf just specifies the region its in whereas the gray wolf is more of an umbrella term. :)
If the red wolf is Canis rufus what is the scientific name for a black wolf?
The red wolf is a species however there is no such species as a black wolf, therefore no scientific name. But as 'rufus' is latin for red, I guess the latin word for 'black' would be used in the 'Black Wolf' Species' scientific name.
Why is a gray wolf called a timber wolf?
There are only three species of wolves: gray wolf, Ethiopian wolf, and red wolf. Timber wolves are only a subspecies of gray wolves.
What is the species of the gray wolf?
The gray wolf is a nonspecific subspecies of the wolf, Canis lupus, which has 39 named subspecies including the domestic dog Canis lupus familiaris.The Eurasian gray wolf is Canis lupus lupus.The gray wolf is Canis Lupus. The red wolf is Canis Rufus.
What is the scientific name for red wolf?
Current scientific though now classifies the red wolf as a subspecies of the gray wolf with the scientific name of Canis lupus rufus. This is still subject to some debate, however.
What is the difference between a real wolf and the wolf in Red Riding Hood?
A real wolf can't talk, and cannot swallow people whole.
What is the scientific name of a common wolf?
The Gray wolf is Canis Lupus. The red wolf is Canis Rufus.
What is wolves in Latin?
Canis Lupus (Gray Wolf) Canis Rufus (Red Wolf)
What are the popular kinds of wolves?
The Gray Wolf, Red Wofl, Ethadopein Wolf and the Cioytey if they count. From Wolf Girl :)
The gray wolf and the red wolf belong in the same what?
Well, they both are endangered and they both live in forests. I'm guessing family or country.They are part of the same Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Caniformia, Family, and Genus (Canis). The gray wolf is canis lupus; the red wolf is canis rufus.
Can red wolves and gray wolves breed successfully?
Yes, of course. They are the same species. Yes, they can hybridize. But, they are not the same species, the gray wolf is Canis Lupus, and the red wolf is Canis Rufus.
Whats the difference between red and grey corn beef?
The brining process...the red has extra preservatives (potassium nitrate) and the gray just has salt....the gray is really salty!
