Eastern Timber Wolf
Canis lycaon
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 384
- Most observed in
- 🇨🇦 Canada
Description
The eastern wolf (Canis lycaon or Canis lupus lycaon), also known as the timber wolf, Algonquin wolf and eastern timber wolf, is a canine of debated taxonomy native to the Great Lakes region and southeastern Canada. It is considered either a unique subspecies of gray wolf, or red wolf, or a separate species from both. Many studies have found the eastern wolf to be the product of ancient and recent genetic admixture between the gray wolf and the coyote, while other studies have found some or all populations of the eastern wolf, as well as coyotes, originally separated from a common ancestor…
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Eastern wolf”.