Red Wolves
The Red wolf, scientifically known as Canis rufus, is a close relative to the more commonly known, Grey wolf. The Grey wolf is the one typically used in fairy tales while the Red wolf is not. The Red wolf has a cinnamon or tawny red coat with some grey and black markings. Their back tends to be darker and their tails tend to have a black tip. Red wolves are smaller than their close relatives, the grey wolf, but have longer legs and shorter fur. Full grown Red wolves measure around 4 to 5 feet in length from the tip of their nose to the tip of their tail, with their tails measuring around a foot long. They stand about 2 feet tall and weigh between 50 and 80 pounds. The male Red wolf is typically larger than female red wolves. Red …show more content…
They generally live in packs consisting of a breeding pair and their offspring. The breeding season is between the months of January and March, and their litter sizes range from 3-6 pups but can sometimes be as large as 8 pups. The breeding pair (mother and father) raises the pups with the help of some of the younger pack members. The younger pack members tend to leave their natal packs around 15-20 months of age. These packs have exclusive territories within their habitat range and are extremely protective over their territories. Despite the fact that these wolves are pack animals, they often hunt individually or in pairs. They prey on rabbits, rodents, deer, raccoon, and sometimes carrion if they find it. Red wolves, on average eat between 4 and 5 pounds of meat a day and can travel up to 20 miles a day to find it. These wolves communicate in many ways, vocalization through howling, their body postures or facial expressions, and scent marking. The native habitats of Red wolves were forests, wetlands, mountains, and coastal prairies. Red wolves are habitat generalists which means they can live almost anywhere that their prey is and where there is minimal human involvement. Red wolves tend to live in dens located in dense vegetation and in deep burrows, these burrows may be in a hole in the base of a tree or even in a cave. Since there are no more naturally occurring red wolves, wild red wolves have been reintroduced to the wild in hopes of conserving the population in Eastern North Carolina. According to the IUCN Red List, as of 2004 the red wolf population is critically
The Red wolf, scientifically known as Canis rufus, is a close relative to the more commonly known, Grey wolf. The Grey wolf is the one typically used in fairy tales while the Red wolf is not. The Red wolf has a cinnamon or tawny red coat with some grey and black markings. Their back tends to be darker and their tails tend to have a black tip. Red wolves are smaller than their close relatives, the grey wolf, but have longer legs and shorter fur. Full grown Red wolves measure around 4 to 5 feet in length from the tip of their nose to the tip of their tail, with their tails measuring around a foot long. They stand about 2 feet tall and weigh between 50 and 80 pounds. The male Red wolf is typically larger than female red wolves. Red …show more content…
They generally live in packs consisting of a breeding pair and their offspring. The breeding season is between the months of January and March, and their litter sizes range from 3-6 pups but can sometimes be as large as 8 pups. The breeding pair (mother and father) raises the pups with the help of some of the younger pack members. The younger pack members tend to leave their natal packs around 15-20 months of age. These packs have exclusive territories within their habitat range and are extremely protective over their territories. Despite the fact that these wolves are pack animals, they often hunt individually or in pairs. They prey on rabbits, rodents, deer, raccoon, and sometimes carrion if they find it. Red wolves, on average eat between 4 and 5 pounds of meat a day and can travel up to 20 miles a day to find it. These wolves communicate in many ways, vocalization through howling, their body postures or facial expressions, and scent marking. The native habitats of Red wolves were forests, wetlands, mountains, and coastal prairies. Red wolves are habitat generalists which means they can live almost anywhere that their prey is and where there is minimal human involvement. Red wolves tend to live in dens located in dense vegetation and in deep burrows, these burrows may be in a hole in the base of a tree or even in a cave. Since there are no more naturally occurring red wolves, wild red wolves have been reintroduced to the wild in hopes of conserving the population in Eastern North Carolina. According to the IUCN Red List, as of 2004 the red wolf population is critically