THE RED WOLF

THE RED WOLF
THE RED WOLF CANIS RUFUS IS A NORTH AMERICAN CANDID WICH ONCE ROAMED THROUOUT THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES AND IS A GLACIAL PERIOD SURVIVER BASED ON FOSIL AND ARCHAEOLOGGICAL EVIDENCE THE ORIGINAL RED WOLF RANGE EXTENDED THROUOUT THE SOUTHEST, FROM THE ATLANTIC AND THE GULF COASTS, NORTH TO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST TO CENTRAL TEXAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI  THEIR  HABITATS  WERE FORRESTS AND SWAMS AND THE COATAL PRAIRIES , WERE IT WAS A OPEN PREDATOR.
THE RED WOLF WAS EXTICT IN THE WILDS BY THE 1880S , IN 1987 THERE WAS A REINTRODUCTION IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH A CAPTIVE BREEDING PROGRAME AND THE WOLVES ARE SAID TO BE SUCCESFULLY BREEDING IN THE WILDS ,




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HIGHT 26 TO 31 '' AT THE SHOULDER, L 40 TO 52'' INCLUDING THE TAIL12 TO 17'' , WEIGHT 50 TO 60 1b , MALES ARE 10% LARGER THEN THE FEMALE , COATS LONG COARSE MOSTLY BROWN AND BUFF COLOURED ON THE UPPER BODY, WITH SOME BLACK ON THE ALONG THE BACK,  LONG NOSE AND WIDE AND BLACK EARS,

THE RED WOLF  PUPS HAVE A SLATE OF DARK GRAY WITH AUBURN TINGED FUR ON ITS HEAD AS IT MATURES  THIS COLOUR CHANGES TO A MIXTURE OF CINNAMON AND BROWNALONG THE BODY AND A BLACK TIPPED TAIL, IT OFTEN AS BLACK  HAIRS  AND SOMTIMES WITH BLACK  BARS ON ITS FORELEGS, THEIR COATS MOLT ONCE ANNUALLY IN THE WINTER TIME, ITS MUZZLE IS WHITE FURRED AROUND THE LIPS, THE RED WOLF IS INERMEIATE IN SIZE