Eastern wolf

Timber Wolf ( Canis lupus lycaon )

The Timber Wolf ( Canis lupus lycaon ), is a subspecies of the wolf. However, genetic studies suggest that the Timberwolf possibly a separate species Canis lycaon is beside the wolf.

Features

The Timber Wolf is one of the larger subspecies of the wolf. He has a very variable coat color from white to black, but mostly brown. Pups are born black. In general, the fur with each change of coat is a bit brighter. However, the age of an animal can not be determined on its coat color. The Timber Wolf reaches a body length of about 120 to 140 cm, a shoulder height of 70 to 90 cm. Unlike in Canada and Alaska in the eastern U.S. in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota Timberwolves encountered are rather small and rarely exceed a weight of 100 pounds (about 45 kg); they usually weigh between 50 (about 23 kg) and 100 pounds (about 45 kg), on average 70 pounds ( about 32 kg). Males are usually heavier than females. In the literature it is reported from eight Timber wolves from Wisconsin with a shoulder height of an average of 34 inches ( about 86 cm).

Occurrence

The Timber Wolf was originally spread over large parts of North America. Today you can find him gradually in Southeast Canada and the eastern United States, in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. He prefers to live in dense coniferous forests.

Others

The Minnesota Timberwolves, an NBA basketball team of the North American named after the Timber Wolf.

The nickname of the 104th Infantry Division of the United States Army is Timberwolf. It was used in World War II and was involved among other things, taking Halle an der Saale. The commander General Terry de la Mesa Allen negotiated this with the monkfish Felix Graf von Luckner.

In the Eagle and Wolf Park Kasselburg a pack is housed Timberwolves as the largest wolf pack in Western Europe in a 10 acre site.