Canidae

Coexisting With Wolves In the Western United States There was a time when wolves could be found almost anywhere in North America. In the mid 1900's, Gray wolves, Mexican Gray Wolves, and Red Wolves were hunted to near extinction. Less than three hundred Gray Wolves lived near the Great Lakes, and there were fewer than fifty Red and Mexican Gray Wolves in captivity. However, a few years later, lone wolves were captured in Canada and were reintroduced into the United States. Since then they…

Introduction: When you first take a look at the maned wolf you notice it's similar look of it's face to a red fox but it's long legs are what make you take a second look. It kinda reminded me of that scene in Harry Potter and the Prizoner of azkaban ,when professor Lupin turned into that hideous werewolf ,with those freakishly long legs.Even though this species has the word”wolf” in it's name, and has a face of a fox , and the long legs like the ghazelle.It is in fact none of them. Genus…

Origins and Migration of Ojibwe to Minnesota The Ojibwe tribe’s ancestors originated about three to four thousand years ago on the Atlantic coast. From the Ojibwe ancestors’, or the mother group, twenty-seven different Indian tribes were born, including the Ojibwe. All of these subtribes share common political and economical history, as well as share similarities in their languages. The emergence of the Ojibwe tribe as a subgroup is thought to have developed about fifteen hundred years ago.…

Wolves (Canis lupus) are one of the most well-known examples of a social animal. The wolf pack possesses a mentality where all members compete for dominance in the group. However the pack’s hierarchy and its strict rules for traversing this hierarchy keep the group from falling apart over constant fighting. L. David Mech (1999) explains how a wild wolf pack is a family, with the adult parents guiding the activities of the group in a division-of-labor system. In this system, the female primarily…

Wolves in US Parks This story is about wolves running around U.S parks. Where were the wolves in first place well no one can really tell where but this wolves been wondering around for a while, Wolves in us park is about wolves just going to random parks and they don't know the danger upon them. Wolves are everywhere in the us park that's a big problem because it can be a danger for the people or even the wolves it can be dangerous for the people because wolves can use the people as food and the…

Description: The red wolf has been listed as critically endangered since 1996 and is protected by United States law. It is a typical canine who eats river rats, rabbits and rodents. Their size is somewhere between that of a gray wolf and a coyote. Adults measure between 136 – 160 cm in length and weighs between 23 – 39kg. It has also been compared to the greyhound for its long and slender limbs. It is a reddish, tawny colour with big ears and small skull. Studies in 2016 concluded that the red…

The Mexican wolf is the southernmost subspecies of gray wolf in North America, its natural habitat was that of the southwest United States and Mexico, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona as their home range in the US. (Rinkevich, Murphy, & Barrett, 2011). The gray wolves were a menace to rancher’s cattle and farmer’s livestock. Depredation of livestock led ranchers and state governments to declare war on the Mexican gray wolves through public and private bounties. The Mexican gray wolves were…

Physical barriers The way physical barriers work is simple: wolves can’t get to livestock, so wolves can’t attack livestock. Electric fencing, or fladry, can be constructed for every cattle farm and places where wolves can hunt down cattle. Fencing can shield cattle from wolves, and electric fencing can discourage the wolves from breaking through. Being difficult to break through is a significant upgrade to barbed wire fences, which surround many ranches in Montana. As… says, the cost of…

The Red fox is found in more places than any other wild canine living all over the Northern Hemisphere. From the Arctic Circle and all of Asia, to Central America and even the northern Africa. Kitsune in Japan are connected to the god Inari Ōkami, the god of rice, rice harvest, and prosperity for farmers. Inari’s messenger and friend is the fox, or foxes depending on the image. Thus there are fox statues at Shinto shrines dedicated to the god Inari. Besides fox statues the shrines are also…

Red Wolves, legendary members of the dog family, are very important animals which are a vital part of the food chain and our environment. In an attempt to emphasize the importance of this animal, it is necessary to discover its characteristics, understand why it is in danger, stress the importance of saving the Red Wolf, and learn how it was reintroduced into the wild. Twice as big as a coyote and about half the size of a Gray Wolf, these Red Wolves are beautiful creatures. Fully grown…