Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species: lupus
Sub-Species: lycaon


Physical Appearance: Males approximately 80 cm at the shoulders and weigh about 40kg. Females weigh about 30kg. They are fawn colored with long black hairs on the back and sides, and a red-brown color behind the ears.

Habits and Reproduction:

Geographic Range: Canada: southeastern Ontario and southwestern Quebec.

Biome:

Habitat: large areas of forest either deciduous, coniferous, or mixed.

Diet: deer, moose

IUCN Status: unknown

Threats to Survival: Habitat lost to urban expansion, trapping, hunting, and road traffic. They are timid and easily disturbed by human presence such as logging and recreational activities.

PROTECTION:

Links:

• Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
  
• Wolves Ontario
  
• Eastern Wolf - Species at Risk
  
• Eastern Wolf Populations
  
• Eastern Wolf
  
• Coalition to Restore the Eastern Wolf
  
• Ontario's Species at Risk: Eastern Wolf
  

For more information check out these books:

• Wolf Country : Eleven Years Tracking the Algonquin Wolves by John Theberge, Mary Theberge
• Canis soupus: eastern wolf genetics and its implications for wolf recovery by Nina Fascione
• The Wolves of Algonquin Park: A 12 Year Ecological Study (Department of Geography Publication Series,) by John B. Theberge, University of Waterloo
• The Howls of August: Encounters With Algonquin Wolves by Michael Runtz
• Of Wolves and Men Barry Holstun Lopez
• The Wolf: The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species L. David Mech
• The eastern timber wolf in Minnesota: A change in protection? by John K Helland
• Eastern timber wolf: (Canis lupus lycaon) by Richard P Thiel
• Recovery plan for the eastern timber wolf (SuDoc I 49.2:W 83/3) by U.S. Dept of Interior
• Timber wolf: Canis lupus lycaon by Kari Sherman Carner