Grey Wolf (Canis lupus)

Other names: English: timber wolf, tundra wolf, plains wolf; Mexican wolf; arctic wolf; Albanian: ujku; Croatian: vuk; Czech: vlk; Danish & Norwegian: ulv; Dutch: wolf; Estonian: hunt, susi; Faeroese: ulvur, fjallaúvur; Finnish: susi; French: loup; German: wolf; Hungarian: farkas; Icelandic: úlfur; Italian: lupo; Latvian: vilks; Lithuanian: vilkas; Maltese: lupu; Polish: wilk; Portuguese: lobo; Rumanian: lup; Russian: wilk; Slovakian: vlk dravý; Slovenian: volk; Spanish: lobo; Swedish: varg; Turkish: kurt; Indigenous names: Arapaho: haquihana; Caddo: tasha; Navaho: maicoh; Nunamiut: amaguk (USA).

Species Account: (371 K)

Status: Least concern (2004)

Reports/Papers: (see under links)

American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) Species Survival Plans see Mexican gray wolf Plan

Relevant Links:

General:

The International Wolf Center, Ely, Minnesota.

The Searching Wolf ;that contains:

a huge bibliography of technical journal articles about wolves published since 1988. (42 pages single spaced!) and

a large collection of wolf links

Wolf Pictures and Facts -- an online gallery of wolf pictures, wolf facts, quotes from literature, and wolf wallpaper.

NOVA Online - Wild Wolves

European Wolves:

The Large Carnivore Initiative-Europe - a dynamic network of representatives from governments, international and national non-governmental organisations, scientists and other experts. With members from 25 countries, it works across Europe to promote the coexistence of brown bears, lynxes, wolves and wolverines with human societies.

The Iberian Wolf - Wolves in Spain

Sur la piste du loup/On the wolf track- in French and English with information about the status of the wolf in France and lots of creative ideas about teaching about wolves.

CSDL - Centro per lo studio e la documentazione sul lupo The Centre is situated in the Italian Tuscan Appennines where since 1993 there has been in depth research on the wolf.

Wolf Trust - promotes the reintroduction and recovery of wolves in Britain in the Scottish Highlands of Britain.

North American Wolves (including Mexico):

Defenders of Wildlife - a U.S. based private conservation group that has excellent coverage of wolf conservation issues.

The Wolves Ontario Project (Canada)- a project of Earthroots, a private group working for full protection for the wolves in Algonquin Provincial Park, and a provincial wolf management plan. It also works on habitat issues and the protection of wildland corridors to connect Ontario's fragmented park system.

(photo of Mexican grey wolf)

Mexican Grey Wolf - (c) Rurik List