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85 percent of wolf species are extinct.
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How many wolf species are extinct?
7
The Honshu species has been extinct since 1905 and the Hokkaido species has been gone since 1889 Of what?
Both were species of the wolf.
What are all the wolf species?
•Gray Wolf - the most common species, normally referred to simply as "wolf". There are several sub-species of this breed. These are: •** Arctic Wolf - This species is not endangered but is on the lower concern list. ◦Arabian Wolf - This species is critically endangered. ◦Eastern Timber Wolf - This species is endangered. ◦Eurasian Wolf - This species is not endangered but is on the lower concern list. ◦Mexican Wolf - This species is critically endangered. ◦Italian Wolf - Although this species is not engendered it is listed as Vulnerable. ◦Mackenzie Valley Wolf - Also known as the Rocky Mountain Wolf, Alaskan Timber Wolf or Canadian Timber Wolf. This species is not endangered but is on the lower concern list. ◦Russian Wolf - This species is not endangered but is on the lower concern list. ◦Iberian Wolf - This species is one step away from being classed as vulnerable. They are listed as Conservation dependent, meaning that with out the conservation efforts they would become endangered very quickly. ◦Great Plains Wolf - Also known as the Buffalo Wolf. This species is not endangered but is on the lower concern list. ◦Tundra Wolf - This species is not endangered but is on the lower concern list. ◦Southern-East Asian Wolf - also known as the Turkish or Iranian wolf. This species in endangered. ◦Caspian Sea Wolf - This species is endangered. ◦Dingo - This species is listed as vulnerable. ◦Vancouver Island Wolf - This species is endangered. ◦Egyptian Jackal - Also a sub-species of the Jackal. This species is critically endangered. ◦Himalayan Wolf - disputed as a sub-species of the grey wolf and was thought to belong to the Tibetan wolf species. Now, this species is critically endangered. •Red Wolf - Found in eastern USA. This species is critically endangered. •Prairie wolf - also known as coyote. This species is not endangered but is on the lower concern list. •Eastern Canadian Wolf - a newly recognised species, thought to be a relation of both the prairie wolf and the gray wolf, and is something classified as a Grey wolf sub-species. This species is endangered. •Ethiopian Wolf - A wolf that very closely resembles a fox. This species is endangered. •Indian Wolf - Another recently recognise species, thought originally to be a sub-species of Southern-East Asian Wolf, now known to be a species in its own right. •Maned Wolf - Found exclusively in South America. This species is critically endangered. There are also several species of wolf that are now extinct. These include: •Hokkaido Wolf - One of the two Japanese wolf species. Confirmed extinct in 1889. •Honshū Wolf - The second of the Japanese wolf species, also extinct. Confirmed to be extinct in 1905. •Dire Wolf - A prehistoric wolf. Estimated to have become extinct around 10,000 years ago. •Newfoundland Wolf - A sub-species of the grey wolf, now extinct. Confirmed to be extinct in 1911.
Is a wolf on the extinction list?
yeah ,dont get your hopes up, it not, foxes are
The Hokkaido wolf and Honshu wolf are two extinct gray wolf sub-species better known by what name for the country where they were well-regarded?
Japanese Wolf
Is it an Arctic wolf's predator that made them extinct?
maybey because the preditors always fight with th Arctic Wolf
5 extinct species?
dinasaur,mammoth,Sabre-toothed tiger, Tasmanian wolf, dodo.
How would it affect other species if the gray wolf was extinct?
By a lot, it would over populate all the animals that the gray wolf eats.By: Shamar Shqair
Are there 6 kinds of wolves including the extinct ones?
There is a single species of wolf but many subspecies, including several that are extinct. For a complete list click on this link
What percentage of a ll the species that ever existed are now extinct?
More than 99 percent.
When no living member of a species exist the species?
when there are no living members of a species the species is said to be "extinct".
How many different breeds of wolf are extinct?
Kenai Peninsula WolfCanis lupus alcesAlaskaExtinctIt was a very large wolf. The determination of the species and the size of the wolf was done using recovered bones.Texas Grey WolfCanis lupus monstrabilisTexas and Northeast MexicoExtinctThis wolf used to live in Texas and northeastern Mexico. Its members were usually small and dark coloured. They were sometimes white.New Foundland WolfCanis lupus beothucusNewfoundlandExtinctThis wolf was a medium sized wolf that was almost pure white.Southern Rocky Mountain WolfCanis lupus youngiMountainous regions of Colorado, Utah and Nevada.ExtinctA larger subspecies. Full canine colour spectrum represented, though blended pelages predominate. First subspecies to be recognized in North America. Hunted legally in parts of Canada.Mongollon Mountain WolfCanis lupus mogollonensisCentral Arizona and New Mexico.ExtinctTheir colour was usually dark with some whites.Hokkaido WolfCanis lupus hattaiJapanese island of HokkaidoExtinctA smaller subspecies. Became extinct in 1889 as a result of poisoning campaigns.Honshu WolfCanis lupus hodophilaxJapanese islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and KyushuExtinctA very small subspecies. Became extinct in 1905 from a combination of rabies and human eradication efforts.Northern Rocky Mountain WolfCanis lupus irremotusThe northern Rocky mountains of the United States, and southern Alberta.ExtinctMedium to large grey wolves.Dire WolfCanis dirusThe Dire Wolf co-existed with the Grey Wolf in North America for about 100,000 years.ExtinctThe Dire Wolf had a larger, broader head and smaller brain-case than that of a similarly-sized Grey Wolf, and had teeth that were quite massive.
