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The two breeds are basically the same if you exclude that a red wolf is half coyote, and the different mainly seen pet colors.

Gray wolf: Larger, many shades of fur, fur is thicker, paws bigger.

Red wolf: Smaller, half oyote, tin layers f fur.

But what tey both have in common: Both are canines, both are at least 50% wolf, boh are endangeredspecies.

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Scientists say that dogs evolved from wolves thousands of years ago. Scientists who compared dog and wolf DNA believe that every dog-from Chihuahuas to Great Danes-is descended from wolves. Those long-ago forest hunters are the mothers of all modern dogs.

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