how many types of wolves do you know of?

Question

you may include extinct ones

Answer 1

There are currently only two species of wolf: Red (of which there are only very small numbers left in the wild, they live in Mexico and the Southwestern U.S.) and Gray.

There are many different "sub-species" of the gray wolf, but whether they are truly different species or even sub-species is something that is debated. Coloring, behavior, and location are often sited as distinctions between sub-species. But, the gray wolf can vary in color from all black to all white, to pretty much anything in between. Wolves are very adaptable, and as such their behavior can be quite different from place to place, depending on available food sources. As adaptable as they are, wolves are able to exist in a wide variety of habitats. They can live in pretty much anything except for harsh deserts and true arctic conditions.

Some canids that exist today that are NOT wolves are the dingo and the African wild dog.

Answer 2

Goodness there are tons...

Gray, Mexican, Artic, Red, Arabian, Caspian Sea, Dingo, Eastern Timber, Egyptian, Eurasian, Great Plains, Hokkaido, Honshu, Iberian, Indian, Italian, Mackenzie Valley, Russian, Tundra, American Timber, Buffalo, Ethopian, Kenai Peninsula, Newfoundland, Bernard, British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Cascade Mountain, Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Alexander Archipelago, Northwest Territories, Baffin Island, Mogollon Mountain, Texas, Alaskan, White Tundra, Steppe, Tibetan

I think I might be missing a few subspecies that are extinct in there.

Answer 3

Gray Wolf
Red Wolf
Arctic Wolf
Mexican Wolf
Eastern/ Timber Wolf
Buffalo Wolf
Mackenzie Valley Wolf
Maned Wolf
Ethiopian Wolf

I think?

Answer 4

Grey Wolf, Red Wolf, Eastern Canadian wolf, Arctic Wolf, Mackenzie Valley Wolf, Great Plains Wolf, Honshu Wolf, Arabian Wolf, Iberian Wolf, Dire wolf, Newfoundland Wolf... Those are the ones I know offhand.

Answer 5

I checked three websites and they all agree, there are three species of wolf in the world: Gray Wolf (canis lupus), Red Wolf (canis rufus) and Abyssinian Wolf (canis simensis). There may be up to 17 subspecies of the grey wolf.

http://www.wolvesnwildlife.com/wolffacts.htm

http://www.wolf.org/wolves/learn/basic/faq.asp

http://www.whitehawkwolf.org/wolf%20facts.htm

Answer 6

Gray wolf, Red wolf....that's about it...

Answer 7

1. timber
2. mexican grey
3. makenzie valley