Common wolf

The **common wolf**, or simply the **wolf** (***Canis lupus***), is a species of canid with a number of subspecies. Its closest relative is the domestic dog.

## About

### Taxonomy

* Domain: Eukaryota
* Kingdom: Animalia
* Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
* Superphylum: Deuterostomia
* Phylum: Chordata
* Class: Mammalia
* Subclass: Placentalia
* Order: Carnivora
* Suborder: Caniformia
* Superfamily: Canoidea
* Family: Canidae
* Subfamily: Caninae
* Tribe: Canini
* Subtribe: Canina
* Genus: *Canis*
* Species: ***Canis lupus***

#### Subspecies

* arctic wolf (*Canis lupus arctos*)
* Steppe wolf (*Canis lupus campestris*)
* Vancouver Island wolf (*Canis lupus crassodon*)
* Rocky Mountain timberwolf (*Canis lupus irremotus*)
* Italian wolf (*Canis lupus italicus*)
* Labrador wolf (*Canis lupus labradorius*)
* grey wolf (*Canis lupus lupus*)
* northwestern timberwolf (*Canis lupus occidentalis*)
* Indian wolf (*Canis lupus pallipes*)
* Iberian wolf (*Canis lupus signatus*)

## Translations

* Abaza: **квыджьма**
* Abenaki: **môlsem**
* Abkhaz: **абгаду**/abgadu
* Adyghe: **тыгъужъ**
* Ainu: **ホㇿケゥ**/horkew
* Akkadian: 𒌨𒁇𒊏/barbaru
* Albanian: **ujk**
* Aleut: **aliĝngix**
* Algonquin: **mahìgan**
* Amharic: **ተኩላ**/takula
* Andi: **боцӏо**
* Arabic: **ذِئْب**/di’b
	+ Egyptian Arabic: **ديب‎**/dīb
	+ Gulf Arabic: **ذيب‎**/ḏīb
	+ Moroccan Arabic: **ديب‎**/dīb
* Aramaic: **דֵּיבָא‎**/dêḇā
* Armenian: **գայլ**/gayl
* Asturian: **llobu**
* Atikamekw: **mahikan**
* Avar: **бацӏ**
* Azerbaijani: **canavar**
* Baluchi: **گرک‎**/gurk
* Bashkir: **бүре**/büre
* Basque: **otso**
* Bats: **ბჺორწ**/bʿorc̣
* Bavarian: **Woif**
* Belarusian: **воўк**/voŭk
* Bengali: **নেকড়ে**/nekṛe
* Blackfoot: **omahkapi'si**
* Breton: **bleiz**
* Bulgarian: **вълк**/vǎlk
* Burmese: **ဝံပုလွေ**/wampulwe
* Buryat: **шоно**/šono
* Cantonese: **狼**/làng
* Catalan: **llop**
* Chagatai: **بورى‎**/böri
* Chakma: **𑄤𑄇𑄴**/wāk
* Chechen: **борз**/borz
* Cherokee: **ᏩᏯ**/waya
* Cheyenne: **hó'nehe**
* Chukchi: **иʼны**/iʼny
* Chuvash: **кашкӑр**/kaškăr
* Coptic: **ⲟⲩⲱⲛϣ**/ouōnš
* Cornish: **bleydh**
* Corsican: **lupu**
* Cree: **mahihkan**
* Czech: **vlk**
* Danish: **ulv**
* Dogrib: **dìga**
* Dolgan: **бөрө**/börö
* Dutch: **wolf**
* Elfdalian: **warg**
* Emilian: **låuv**
* Erzya: **верьгиз**/verʹgiz
* Estonian: **susi**
* Evenki: **иргичи**/irgiçi
* Ewe: **amegãxi**
* Faroese: **úlvur**
* Finnish: **susi**
* French: **loup** (masculine), **louve** (feminine)
* Friulian: **lôf**
* Galician: **lobo**
* Georgian: **მგელი**/mgeli
* German: **Wolf**
* Gilaki: **ورگ‎**/varg
* Gothic: **𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆𐍃**/wulfs
* Greek: **λύκος**/lýkos
	+ Ancient: **λύκος**/lúkos
* Greenlandic: **amaroq**
* Guaraní: **jaguaru**
* Gujarati: **ભેડીયો**/bheḍīyo
* Haida: **g̱úuj**
* Hawaiian: **ʻīlio hae**
* Hebrew: **זְאֵב‎**/z'év
* Hindi: **भेड़िया**/bheṛiyā
* Holikachuk: **nikʼighun**
* Hopi: **kwewu**
* Hungarian: **farkas**
* Hunsrik: **Wollef**
* Icelandic: **úlfur**
* Ido: **volfo**
* Indonesian: **serigala**
* Ingrian: **suzi**
* Ingush: **борз**/borz
* Inuktitut: **ᐊᒪᕈᖅ**/amaruq
* Inupiaq: **amaġuq**
* Irish: **fáel**
	+ Middle Irish: **fáel**
	+ Old Irish: **faolchú**
* Italian: **lupo** (masculine), **lupa** (feminine)
* Itelmen: **хывнэ**/hyvne
* Japanese:
	+ Kanji: **狼**/ōkami
	+ Hiragana: **オオカミ**/ōkami
	+ Katakana: **ウルフ**/urufu
* Javanese: **mbaung**
* Jicarilla: **ba’iitso**
* Kabardian: **дыгъужь**/dəġ’ẑ
* Kaki Ae: **weldok**
* Kalasha: **grast**
* Kalmyk: **чон**/çon
* Kannada: **ತೋಳ**/tōḷa
* Karachay-Balkar: **бёрю**/börü
* Karakalpak: **bo'ri**
* Karelian: **hukka**
* Kashmiri: **رامہٕ ہوٗن‎**/rāmhụ hūn
* Kashubian: **wilk**
* Kazakh: **бөрі**/böri
* Ket: **ӄыт**/qyt
* Khakas: **пӱӱр**/püür
* Khmer: **ចចក**/cɑcɑɑk
* Khvarshi: **боцӏа**/boc’a
* Kildin Sami: **пальтэсь**/palʹtesʹ
* Komi-Zyrian: **кӧин**/köin
* Korean: **늑대**/neukdae
* Koryak: **гʼэгылӈын**
* Koyraboro Senni: **ganjihanŝi**
* Kumyk: **бёрю**/börü
* Kurdish:
	+ Central Kurdish: **گورگ‎**/gurg
	+ Laki: **گوِرگ‎**/gwirg
	+ Northern Kurdish: **gurg**
	+ Southern Kurdish: **گوِرگ‎**/gwirg
* Kyrgyz: **бөрү**/börü
* Ladin: **bolp**
* Lak: **барцӏ**/barcʼ
* Lakota: **šuŋgmánitu tȟáŋka**
* Lao: **ໝາປ່າ**/mā pā
* Latgalian: **vylks**
* Latin: **lupus**
* Latvian: **vilks**
* Lenape: **tëme**
* Lezgi: **жанавур**/žanavur
* Ligurian: **lô**
* Lithuanian: **vilkas**
* Livvi: **hukku**
* Lolopo: **veimar**
* Lombard: **lóff**
* Luxembourgish: **Wollef**
* Macedonian: **волк**/volk
* Malagasy: **amboadia**
* Malayalam: **ചെന്നായ്**/cennāyŭ
* Maltese: **lupu**
* Manchu: **ᠨᡳᠣᡥᡝ**/niohe
* Mandarin: **狼**/láng
* Manx: **filliu**
* Maori: **wuruhi**
* Marathi: **लांडगा**/lāṇḍgā
* Mazanderani: **ورگ‎**/vërg
* Mingo: **utháyôni**
* Mingrelian: **გერი**/geri
* Mirandese: **lhobo**
* Moksha: **врьгаз**/vrʹgaz
* Mongolian: **чоно**/chono
* Montagnais: **maikan**
* Muong: **khỏl**
* Mòcheno: **bolf**
* Nahuatl: **cuetlāchtli**
* Nanai: **енгур**
* Navajo: **mąʼiitsoh**
* Naxi: **paqkee**
* Nepali: **ब्वाँसो**/bwā̃so
* Nganasan: **ӈӱлиаӡә**
* Ngazidja Comorian: **dhiiɓu**
* Nivkh: **лиғс**
* Nogai: **боьри**/böri
* Northern Sami: **gumpe**
* Old Norse: **úlfr**
* Norwegian: **ulv**
* Occitan: **lop**
* Ojibwe: **ma'iingan**
* Oroqen: **guykə**
* Ossetian: **бирӕгъ**/biræǧ
* Pashto: **لېوه‎**/lewë
* Persian: **گرگ‎**/gorg
* Piedmontese: **luv**
* Plains Apache: **ba’**
* Plautdietsch: **Wulf**
* Polabian: **våuk**
* Polish: **wilk**
* Portuguese: **lobo** (masculine), **loba** (feminine)
* Punjabi: **ਬਘਿਆੜ**/baghiāṛa
* Quechua: **atawka**
* Romani: **ruv**
* Romanian: **lup**
* Romansch: **luf**
* Russian: **волк**/volk
* Rusyn: **вовк**/vovk
* Sabine: **hirpus**
* Salar: **bori**
* Samogitian: **vėlks**
* Sanskrit: **वृक**/sa
* Scots: **wouf**
* Shor: **пӧрӱ**/pörü
* Sicilian: **lupu**
* Sinhalese: **වෘකයා**/wr̥kayā
* Skolt Sami: **čõrmm**
* Slovak: **vlk**
* Slovene: **volk**
* Sorbian: **wjelk**
* Spanish: **lobo** (masculine), **loba** (feminine)
* Sumerian: 𒌨𒁇𒊏/urbarra
* Swedish: **varg**
* T'en: **laput**
* Tabasaran: **жанавар**/žanavar
* Tagalog: **lobo**
* Tahltan: **ch’iyōne**
* Tajik: **гург**/tg
* Tamil: **ஓநாய்**/ōnāy
* Taos: **kòléna**
* Tatar: **бүре**/büre
* Telugu: **తోడేలు**/tōḍēlu
* Thai: **หมาป่า**/mǎa-bpàa
* Tibetan: **སྦྱང་ཀུ**/sbyang
* Tigrinya: **ተዅላ**/täxʷla
* Tlingit: **g̱ooch**
* Turkish: **börü**
* Turkmen: **böri**
* Tuvan: **бөрү**/börü
* Udi: **ул**/ul
* Udmurt: **кион**/kion
* Ukrainian: **вовк**/vovk
* Urak Lawoi': **อาซู ฮูตัด**/asu hutat
* Urdu: **بھیڑیا‎**/bheṛiyā
* Urum: **джанавар**
* Uyghur: **قۇرت**‎/qurt
* Uzbek: **boʻri**
* Venetian: **lóvo**
* Veps: **händikaz**
* Vietnamese: **chó sói**
* Vilamovian: **wūf**
* Volapük: **lup**
* Votic: **susi**
* Võro: **susi**
* Walloon: **leu**
* Welsh: **blaidd**
* West Frisian: **wolf**
* Winnebago: **šųųkjąk**
* Wu: **狼**/laan
* Yagnobi: **урк**/urk
* Yakut: **бөрө**/böro
* Yiddish: **וואָלף‎**/volf
* Yup'ik: **kegluneq**
* Zazaki: **verg**
* Zhuang: **manaez**
* Zuni: **yunawik'o**