### animal | vertebrate | mammal | wolf:

Grey wolf
* Grey wolves are carnivores
  - grey because of the mixture of tones in each individual hair
  - protected in Canada's national parks
  - the largest wild member of the dog family
  - can be white, black and any shade of gray
* Grey wolves have diets
  - vary diets
  - mate for life
* Most grey wolves have diets.
* Some grey wolves means animals
  - companion animals

Maned wolf
* Maned wolves are a popular zoo animal
  - rich reddish brown in color
  - extraordinary canids in many respects
  - highly omnivorous and opportunistic
  - opportunistic omnivores, feeding on available plants and animals
  - have a variety of vocalizations including barks, whimpers, growls, and yips
* are foxs
  - mammals

### animal | vertebrate | mammal | wolf:

Red wolf
* Most red wolves eat prey
  - have heavy coats
* Red Wolves have a reddish coat that varies from light brown to almost black
  - wolves are an endangered species
* Red wolves are intermediate in size between gray wolves and coyotes
  - between the grey wolf and the coyote
  - lean canids often with black tipped bushy tails
  - monogamous animals, so they only mate with one other individual for life
  - nocturnal
  - primarily nocturnal, but they are active during the day in the winter months
  - smaller than their gray counterparts
  - very rare and are found in the south-eastern United States
  - communicate through body language, scent marking, and a series of vocalizations
  - smaller prey such as rodents, insects and rabbits
* Red wolves have a broadly similar diet with more emphasis on the smaller prey species
  - long thin legs, are good runners, and have large pointed ears
  - several coat colors including black, brown, gray and yellow
  - tall, pointed ears and long legs with big feet
* Red wolves live in extended family groups called packs
  - the southeastern United States, where they are endangered
* Red wolves look much like a coyote, but larger
  - gray wolves, but they are larger than foxes and smaller than gray wolves
* Red wolves mate for life and share the rearing of the young
  - life, and each pack is formed around the breeding pair
  - prefer to live in forests, swamps and coastal prairies
  - prey on a variety of species, from rodents to white-tailed deer
* Red wolves prey upon white-tailed deer, raccoons, and rabbits
  - raccoons, marsh rabbits, rodents, and birds
  - seem to be most active at night
  - tend to form pair-bonds for life
  - thrive at Gulf Islands
  - use a variety of habitat types throughout southeastern and eastern North America
* are mammals
  - wolfs

Timber wolf
* Timber wolves are a protected species
  - carnivoars and scavenagers , they eat meat
  - found in almost all of North America and much of Europe
  - only a subspecies of gray wolves
  - display remarkable team spirit and cooperation during a hunt
  - have silvery gray-brown backs, light tan underparts, and bushy tails
  - vary in colour according to the region they live in
* are wolfs.

Wild wolf
* Some wild wolves avoid contact.
* Wild wolves are afraid of humans and usually run away rather than be near people
  - shy and avoid contact with humans whenever possible
  - belong in the wild