Wolves are the largest members of the canid family.
This is the species from which our pet dogs were domesticated.
Wolves were once the most widely distributed wild mammals.
They inhabited most of the available land in the northern hemisphere.
Due to the destruction of their habitat and persecution by humans,
they now occupy only about two-thirds of their former range worldwide,
and only about 3 percent of the continental 48 United States.
Many people have used the terms "brush wolves"
or "prairie wolves"
when referring to coyotes.
Coyotes, however, are not wolves.
Coyotes and wolves are in the same family
(Canidae) and genus (Canis),
but are separate species (lupus instead of latrans),
just as foxes and wolves are separate species.
The following is a report about some
Gray Wolves in Yellowstone.
I have edited it to fit.
Their is a URL at the end of the report if you want to learn
more from the reports that the researchers submit.
I find these reports very interesting.
Please visit their site and
learn more about the Gray Wolf.
Links
A Special Thank-you for the Pictures of the pups.
