When a wolf wants to play, it prances about happily and bows—lowering the front of its body while its rump stays up in the air with its tail wagging. When its angry, a wolf may furrow its forehead, show its fangs, or growl. A wolf's body language may remind you of another animal: a pet dog. Wolves and dogs are closely related, and the ways they communicate are similar.
Young wolves stay in their parents' pack for at least two years before some of them take off to join other packs or to start their own. They may stay close to their parents or go far away. Wolf pups play a lot as they're growing. They leap and pounce, chase and wrestle, play hide-and-seek and tag—a lot like you do! A new wolf couple will produce one litter of pups every year. Just like a human older brother or sister looks after its younger sibling, the older wolf offspring care for their younger brothers and sisters by finding them food.
In some areas, gray wolfs are classified as endangered, but in most places, they are seen to have healthy population numbers. All rights reserved. Personality Quizzes. Funny Fill-In. How many different kinds of wolves are there? This is a question that biologists continue to debate.
They must also decide the difference between a species and a subspecies subgroup within a species. Most scientists believe that there are two species of wolves in the world: the gray wolf and the red wolf.
For many years, most thought there were 32 subspecies of gray wolf in North America. However, with recent genetic studies, today most biologists believe there are just four types or subspecies of gray wolf: arctic, great plains, Mexican, and northwestern. Another possible subspecies called the eastern wolf is still under debate by the scientific community. Some subspecies are often difficult to distinguish from one another. This is because they can breed with one another where their ranges overlap so that their populations tend to blend together rather than form distinctive boundaries.
The different traits we see in subspecies are likely the result of geographic range, available habitat, and prey base. We change lives. We have a mission beyond circulation, we want to bridge divides. And we can prove it.
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