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The Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi), also known as the lobo mexicano (or, simply, lobo) [a] is a subspecies of gray wolf (C. lupus) native to eastern and southeastern Arizona and western and southern New Mexico (in the United States) and fragmented areas of northern Mexico.
The wild population of Mexican gray wolves in the southwestern U.S. is still growing, but environmental groups are warning that inbreeding and the resulting genetic crisis within the endangered ...
The annual Mexican gray wolf census found at least 257 of the endangered wolves in New Mexico and Arizona, up 15 from the previous year. The count shows a 6% increase in the number of Mexican gray ...
Captive Mexican wolf. The gray wolf is found in approximately 80% of its historical range in Canada, thus making it an important stronghold for the species. [43] Canada is home to about 52,000–60,000 wolves, whose legal status varies according to province and territory.
As of 2018, the global gray wolf population is estimated to be 200,000–250,000. [1] Once abundant over much of North America and Eurasia, the gray wolf inhabits a smaller portion of its former range because of widespread human encroachment and destruction of its habitat, and the resulting human-wolf encounters that sparked broad extirpation.
Mexican gray wolves were being recovered in southern New Mexico, and a lawsuit called for more protection for the species in the Rocky Mountains. Lawsuit calls for gray wolf protections in the ...
The Mexican wolf, a subspecies of the gray wolf, was listed as endangered in 1976, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Thousands of these animals once lived across New Mexico, Arizona ...
The results of the latest annual survey of the wolves show there are at least 196 in the wild in New Mexico and Arizona.