Transcript red wolves 2

Red Wolf Classification
Kingdom -Animalia
Phylum – Chordata
Class – Mammalia
Order – Carnivore
Family – Canidae
Genus – Canis
Species - rufus
•Description
Shape- long legs, ears, brown ,
gray, orange
Length- 4.5 feet long (include
tail)
Height- about 26 inches
Weight-50-80 lbs
Colors &markings
Mainly brown with blended colors and
cinnamon red to almost black.
Light marking above the eyes are also
common.
Habitat
Part of world-They live in United States,
Texas, Florida.
Environment-live in wild
Diet
Meat- Rabbits, rodents and deer
Plants- berries
Family life
 Number born- 6 pups but know for 14
 Gestation-61-63 days
 When born- Mating occurs from January-April young are
born in the spring.
 Care of- weaning occurs 8-10 weeks
 Shelter-uses a pipes of logs, digs a hole in the ground or
cave from rain or cold.
Social behavior
Its is sometimes active in the day during
winter mouths.
They are mean.
Characteristics
Defenses- by opening its jaw wide
threaten to bite the enemy.
Acquiring food- sometimes they hunt in
packs.
Life span 6-7 in the wild up to 15 years.
Temperament- active at night, social, shy.
History of red wolves
History is sketchy some biologists think it
is a hybrid of the grey wolf (from Asia
700,000 yrs old) and coyote others
Pleistocene wolf that got separated some
believe true species found only in North
America .
Present Statues: it’s a endangered
species.
Relationship to human
As humans move to a red wolves’ habitat,
wolves create a threat of loss of livestock
due to wolves predation.
But not these pups
Credits
Morgan Rolfson
Madison Wojo
Sources
www.defenders
www.controverical.com
www.go.com
www.cosmosmith.com
www.fieldtripearth.org
www.nhptv.org
www.naturalworlds.org