Wolves Wolf, common name for the species of animals that, with jackals and domestic dogs, make up the genus Canis, family Canidae. The wolf is one of the worlds most notorious animal, both loved and hated as no other. Because of the wolfs high intelligence, its sensible senses, great adaptability and great skill in hunting it could manage to live almost everywhere. Something that prove this is that the wolf in former day lived in every biotope in the northern hemisphere except plain desert. In the early 1800's white settlers came to this continent and brought with them terrible stories about wolves that had more to do with frightening little children into behaving than they did the truth.
Wolves generally kill the weak, the old, and the young.
If the wolf did not do this, the deer and the caribou and the moose and other large animals would damage the forest by over populating and eating the plants and trees. On-line Quiz on Wolves Below is the quiz given by the students who researched wolves and bears. Where Do Wolves Come From The first thing we have to do is learn two scientific names. They are not to hard to pronouce and I have a friend of mine who will help you to pronouce these words. There are two types of wolves, the gray wolf and the red wolf.