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It is a medium-sized subspecies, distinguished from the northwestern wolf by its smaller size, its whiter colouration, its narrower braincase, [6] and larger carnassials. [7] Since 1930, there has been a progressive reduction in size in Arctic wolf skulls, which is likely the result of wolf-dog hybridization. [7]
The size and weight of the modern wolf increases proportionally with latitude in accordance with Bergmann's rule. [44] The mean body mass of the wolf is 40 kg (88 lb), the smallest specimen recorded at 12 kg (26 lb) and the largest at 79.4 kg (175 lb).
Here the weight of males was reported at between 45 and 72 kg (99 and 159 lb), while the females were reported at 36 to 60 kg (79 to 132 lb). [12] The Northwestern wolf is also one of the longest wolf subspecies, as its length usually ranges from 5 to 6 ft (152–183 cm) and can reach as long as 7 ft (213 cm). [13] [14]
A jet-black subspecies that is described as having been extremely similar to the red wolf in both size and weight. [103] This subspecies became extinct in 1908. [104] Florida: Currently (2022) recognized as a subspecies of Canis rufus [2] as Canis rufus floridanus, but debated † C. l. fuscus Cascade Mountains wolf: Richardson, 1839
The wolf has a height of 85 cm (33.5 in) [citation needed] and a length between 150 and 196 cm (59 and 77 in) [citation needed] with an average male weight of 56.3 kilograms (124 lb) and for females 38.5 kilograms (85 lb).
Arctic Wolf seems to be going public—at some point.. And, no, we’re not talking about the medium-sized species of shock-white wolf (though that would be quite an S-1). We’re talking about ...
The Greenland wolf has been described as being small to medium in length, at 155 cm (5 ft 1 in) but extremely light in weight, at 26 kg (57 lb), however these measures were derived from only five specimens that were caught in northeast Greenland during the winter of 1906 and could be the result of under-nutrition.
Recent action sowed even more division; as the population rebounded, the gray wolf was taken off the federal government's endangered species list in 2020 and the management was shifted to the states.