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Name: Red Wolf |
Scientific name: Canis rufus | |
Range:As
far north as
Pennsylvania and as west as Texas |
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Habitat:Small
packs,
consisting of adult pair and young offspring. Require suffecient prey and minimal human impacts. |
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Status:Endangered | |
Diet in the wild:White-tailed
deer
and raccoon but will eat any small animal available. |
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Diet in the zoo: Fast once a week, bone or muscle meat once a week. 2/3 Scienc eDiet Canine Maintenance, 1/3 frozen feline diet the remainder of the week. | |
Location in the zoo:Texas Wild Exhibit |
Physical
description:
![]() Courtesy of Timber Wolf Information Network |
General information:
Red Wolves generally roam in small packs usually consisting of an adult pair and their offspring. Red wolves can breed as early as their second year and have 3 to 5 pups each. In order for the red wolves to survive in the wild they need anywhere from 10 and 100 square miles of habitat to hunt and live. Red wolves have become extinct due to hybridization with other wolves such as the grey wolf and mexican wolf and the coyotes. Red wolves have also lost their habitat but are beginning to be reintroduced by the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. |
Special anatomical, physiological
or behavioral adaptations: When a red wolf is trapped or feels threatened he will hold his tail upright and snarl exposing only canines and a few front teeth. He will also raise the hair on his neck and back. |
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