Red Wolf - canis rufus
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Description
The red wolf is twice as big as a coyote and about half the size of a gray wolf. Adult females average 52 pounds and adult males average 61 pounds. Their name comes from their reddish-brown hair coat. Red wolves have tall, pointed ears and long legs with big feet. Adults stand about 26 inches tall at the shoulder and are about 4 1/2 feet long from the tip of their snout to the end of their tail.
Range
Historically, red wolves were found throughout the southeastern United States. Their current mainland range is eastern North Carolina at the Alligator River National Wildlife refuge and eastern Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Red wolves were eliminated in the southeastern United States by trapping, poisoning, shooting, and destruction of critical habitat. By the mid-1960s the few remaining red wolves were restricted to isolated areas along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas
The red wolf is twice as big as a coyote and about half the size of a gray wolf. Adult females average 52 pounds and adult males average 61 pounds. Their name comes from their reddish-brown hair coat. Red wolves have tall, pointed ears and long legs with big feet. Adults stand about 26 inches tall at the shoulder and are about 4 1/2 feet long from the tip of their snout to the end of their tail.
Range
Historically, red wolves were found throughout the southeastern United States. Their current mainland range is eastern North Carolina at the Alligator River National Wildlife refuge and eastern Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Red wolves were eliminated in the southeastern United States by trapping, poisoning, shooting, and destruction of critical habitat. By the mid-1960s the few remaining red wolves were restricted to isolated areas along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas
There are some doubts that the red wolf is a wolf at all, but a wolf-coyote hybrid. Even if the red wolf is a wolf-coyote hybrid, they have existed long enough to be considered a separate species and should be considered endangered. The red wolf is much smaller than the gray wolf. An adult male weighs 50 to 80 pounds, while the gray wolf weighs 70 to 110. The red wolf has a short coat compared to the gray wolf.
Red wolves used to inhabit the southeast United States from Texas to Virginia. Now they exist in a few isolated spots within the southeast United States. The red wolf almost became extinct in the 1960's. Many efforts were made to restore them. They were captured and bred to increase their numbers and to prevent them from mating with coyotes
Red wolves used to inhabit the southeast United States from Texas to Virginia. Now they exist in a few isolated spots within the southeast United States. The red wolf almost became extinct in the 1960's. Many efforts were made to restore them. They were captured and bred to increase their numbers and to prevent them from mating with coyotes
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