![]() ![]() ![]() The terms brush wolf and prairie wolf are old names for the coyote. Timber wolf is just another name for the gray wolf. ![]() California calls them mountain lions, Oregon and Washington call them cougars. For example, the terms cougar, puma and mountain lion all refer to the same animal. Common names for animals can vary from place to place. There is no such thing as a "Canadian Gray Wolf." It is a term that has been embraced by the anti-wolf crowd and is purely fiction. The "timber wolf" is simply another name for the gray wolf. The myth of "Canadian Gray Wolf" comes from deliberate mis-interpretation of common colloquial names (timber wolf, etc.) and the term sub-species. Other than the red wolf, there are no other true wolf species found in North America. The gray wolf is native to North America. northeast, and the Himalayan wolf ( Canis lupus chanco), found in the Himalayas of Asia, should be recognized as separate species, rather than subspecies of the gray wolf, but the jury is still out on them. There is current discussion as to whether the eastern wolf ( Canis lupus lyacon), also called the Algonquin wolf, found in eastern Canada and formerly the U.S. The Ethiopian wolf is native to the highlands of Ethiopia. The red wolf is native to the American southeast, formerly found from Florida north to New York and west to east Texas. The gray wolf is found across the northern hemisphere, from Alaska to Russia, Mexico to Bangladesh, the Middle East, and Europe. The gray wolf ( Canis lupus), the red wolf ( Canis rufus) and the Ethiopian wolf ( Canis simiensis). There are three recognized species of true wolf in the world. I've posted this in 3 parts due to character limits. If acceptable to ask: I'm doing a research paper on wolves on their importance of the ecosystem, my mom suggested to try to narrow topics down to two species of wolves, the ones that have reported to have positively influenced the ecosystem ( commonly was the grey wolf ) - which would be pro section - and those who don't - being the con section - so far I have the Canadian timber / grey wolves ( or northwestern wolf ) with not much to go on other than they were illegally reintroduced and due to their size, presumably individual wise and pack wise, were liable to taking down more large herds to sustain themselves, and were more aggressive, nothing much was noted in how they impact the environment the same way native wolves do & how they don't, another was Mexican wolves in how they were reintroduced in Yellowstone, however did not elaborate in how they impacted the environment, only that was said from the source that introducing non-native species has an unknown outcome. ![]()
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