ANIMALIA VERTEBRATA MAMMALIA CARNIVORA CANIDAE CANIS LUPUS AND ANIMALIAVERTEBRATA MAMMALIA CARNIVORA CANIDAE CANIS NIGERIntroduction: Any person who has been able to catch a glimpse of any type of wolf isindeed a lucky man. The wolf is one of the earth's most cowardly and fearfulanimals, and it is so sly and, pardon the expression, foxy, that it is almost awaste of time to try and catch him in any kind of trap. Although he can be cowardly and fearful, he can also be one the mostvicious and blood-thirsty of all animals. Often, they simply kill as much preyas is possible, regardless of hunger and appetite. This is done by"hamstringing" their prey. This leaves them helpless and unable to move. Thenthe wolf pack can eat and tear him apart at their own will. Although savage andbloodthirsty, wolves are among some of the world's smartest and most perceptivemammals.Where found: Wolves are found all over the world, and on almost every major continentof the earth. The following wolves are types of Gray Wolves (Canis lupus). In eastern Europe the European Wolf (Canis lupus lupus) can be foundeven though it used to roam most of western Europe as well. In Spain, twowolves have also been identified-Canis lupus deitanus and Canis lupus signatus.While the first is similar to many of the other European wolves, the latter maybe more closely related to the jackal (Canis aureus), than to a wolf. TheCaucasion Wolf (Canis lupus cubanensis) is found in many parts of eastern Europeand western Asia. The large tundra wolf of eastern Asia, the Tundra or TurukhanWolf (Canis lupus albus), is very close in relations to the wolves of northernAlaska. In the Arctic Islands and Greenland the Melville Island Wolf (Canislupus arctos), the Banks Island Wolf (Canis lupus bernardi), the Baffin IslandWolf (Canis lupus manningi), and the Greenland wolf (Canis lupus orion), are allfound. Wolves of the Continental Tundra and Newfoundland include the AlaskaTundra Wolf (Canis lupus tundrarum), the Interior Alaska Wolf (Canis lupuspambasileur), the Kenai Peninsula Wolf (Canis lupus alces), the Mackenzie TundraWolf (Canis lupus mackenzii), the Mackenzie Valley Wolf (Canis lupusoccidentalis), the Hudson Bay Wolf (Canis lupus hudsonicus), the Labrador Wolf(Canis lupus labradorius), and the Newfoundland Wolf (Canis lupus beothicus).However, the Newfoundland wolf has seemed to become extinct. This is strangebecause there is no evidence of them being intensely hunted by man, of extremehabitat changes, or of lack of food and yet in the early 1900s they becameextinct. The wolves of the Western Mountains and Coast of North America include
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