The Wolf: Wild Animal or Childhood Antagonist By Danielle Alba
What's furry, is part of the canine family, and is a character in Little Red Riding Hood? That's right, the wolf. The red wolf is a very interesting wolf. It is bigger than a coyote but is smaller than the gray wolf. They are grayish in color when young but eventually become the reddish brown color of the adults. It is critically endangered but has been reintroduced during the past few years. Some scientists believe red wolves are coyote-wolf hybrids. The grey wolf is the most widespread wolf. The largest populations live in Canada and Asia (Siberia). These wolves are the biggest wolves of all the breeds. Genetic studies concluded that the gray wolf is the ancestor of the domestic dog. They feed mostly on ungulates, (deer, bison, etc.) which they hunt by wearing them down in short chases.
The grey wolf is the most widely known wolf because it has the widest range of all the species of wolves.
Arctic wolves are also called polar wolf or white wolf, and is a subspecies of the gray wolf. They live mostly in Canada, Greenland, and Alaska. These wolves are the only subspecies of the gray wolf that still live in their original range. As you can see there are many species of wolf whether it is the grey wolf, red wolf, or arctic wolf and that they can live anywhere whether that place is the arctic, the forests, or the deserts wolves live on. The red wolf is one of the rarer species of wolf since it is critically endangered.