Red wolf  (Canis rufus)

Species information

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Authentication

Authenticated (10/7/03) by Bud Fazio. Team Leader, Red Wolf Recovery Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
http://alligatorriver.fws.gov/redwolf.html

Glossary

  • Carrion: the flesh of a dead animal
  • Crepuscular: active at twilight and/or just before sunrise.
  • Hybridisation: cross-breeding with a different species.
  • Interbreeding: cross-breeding with a different species or subspecies.
  • Natal: site of birth
  • Re-introduction: an attempt to establish a species in an area to which it has been introduced but where the introduction has been unsuccessful.
  • Subspecies: a different race of a species, which is geographically separated from other populations of that species.
  • Territory: area occupied and defended by an animal, a pair of animals or a colony.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (March, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. UNEP-WCMC Species Sheets (March, 2008)
    http://www.unep-wcmc.org/species/data/species_sheets/redwolf.htm
  3. Fazio, B. (2003) Pers. comm.
  4. Macdonald, D. (2001) The New Encyclopedia of Mammals.Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  5. Nowak, R.M. (1999) Walker's Mammals of the World.Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland.
  6. Schmidly, D.J. and Davis, W.B. (2004) The Mammals of Texas.University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas.
  7. Nowak, R. (2002) The Original Status of Wolves in Eastern North America. Southeastern Naturalist, 1 (2): 95 - 130.
  8. Sillero-Zubiri, C., Hoffman, M. and Macdonald, D.W. (2004) Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs, Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan, 2nd Edition.IUCN/SSC Canid Specialists Group, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
  9. Wayne, B. (1995) Red Wolves: to conserve or not to conserve. Canid News, 3: 0 - .
  10. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (March, 2008)
    http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/SpeciesReport.do?spcode=A00F
  11. Wilson, P.J., Grewal, S., Lawford, I.D., Heal, J.N.M., Granacki, A.G., Pennock, D., Theberge, J.B., Theberge, M.T., Voigt, D.R., Waddell, W., Chambers, R.E., Paquet, P.C., Goulet, G., Cluff, D. and White, B.N. (2000) DNA profiles of the eastern Canadian wolf and the red wolf provide evidence for a common evolutionary history independent of the gray wolf. The Canadian Journal of Zoology, 78 (12): 2156 - 2166.
  12. Defenders of Wildlife (March, 2008)
    http://www.defenders.org/programs_and_policy/wildlife_conservation/imperiled_species/wolves/wolf_recovery_efforts/southeast_wolves/
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