Red Wolves

http://mdc.mo.gov

The red wolf looks similar to the coyote, although it is larger. It weighs up to 90 pounds and often reaches lengths of 4 feet.
Red wolves live in brushy country, along the forest edges in open farming areas.
They need large areas away from people to survive.
The last sighting of a wild red wolf in Missouri was in 1950.In 1981, less than 100 red wolves remained in the U-S.
But a captive breeding program near St. Louis is helping to restore the red wolf population in the southwestern United States.

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[Ozark187]

I would love to see these beautiful canines population be restored.

[PinpuleCp]

these wonderful animals deserve to have more land :)

[SianiiTheWolf]

they have the hugest tongues... lol <3

[TheScifithinker]

@Retrieverman1 coyote-wolf breeds are completely diffferent

[redwulf777]

If the red wolf wasn't its own separate species, why is it always classified as one? And if it's 80% coyote, then why do they have more wolf-like behavioral traits? And why would we try to breed red wolf pairs, rather than pairing more common coyotes with gray wolves? I don't doubt that Canis rufus has similar ancestry than Canis lupus and Canis latrans, but I do believe that they have evolved and developed into their own Canis subspecies.

[beavthetrapper]

@efrenpineda the eastern coyote is a hybrid between a coyote and a wolf (usually red wolf). that is why repopulation efforts have not been successful. in order to restore the red wolf in it's native range the coyotes must first be killed out in those areas (which could never happen, it was attempted before)

[dizzhonest]

@Retrieverman1 Do coyotes have same ancestry with dire wolves?

[SianiiTheWolf]

they have the hugest tongues... lol <3

[TheScifithinker]

@Retrieverman1 coyote-wolf breeds are completely diffferent

[redwulf777]

If the red wolf wasn't its own separate species, why is it always classified as one? And if it's 80% coyote, then why do they have more wolf-like behavioral traits? And why would we try to breed red wolf pairs, rather than pairing more common coyotes with gray wolves? I don't doubt that Canis rufus has similar ancestry than Canis lupus and Canis latrans, but I do believe that they have evolved and developed into their own Canis subspecies.

[beavthetrapper]

@efrenpineda the eastern coyote is a hybrid between a coyote and a wolf (usually red wolf). that is why repopulation efforts have not been successful. in order to restore the red wolf in it's native range the coyotes must first be killed out in those areas (which could never happen, it was attempted before)

[dizzhonest]

@Retrieverman1 Do coyotes have same ancestry with dire wolves?