Indian wolf

Indian Wolf ( Canis lupus pallipes )

The Indian Wolf ( Canis lupus pallipes ) is a subspecies of the wolf. However, recent genetic studies suggest that the Indian Wolf could just as the Tibetan wolf are not subspecies of the wolf, but a separate species.

Features

The Indian wolf is somewhat gaunt compared to northern living wolves and represents one of the smallest subspecies dar. His coat is typically tawny, beige, or reddish colored and very short and tight.

Occurrence

The Indian wolf inhabited the plains of India front of Bengal and Sindh to Karnataka in the South, and Western Asia from Pakistan to Mesopotamia and northern Arabia in the west.

In India, he inhabits arid areas such as the semi-deserts of Gujarat with only 300 mm annual rainfall, as well as areas with about 1500 mm annual rainfall in Bihar and Orissa.

Threats and conservation

The Indian wolf is rare today and is considered high risk. Its decline is attributed mainly to the disappearance of its natural prey. He is in India since 1972 under protection.

Wolves come in India before in isolated areas of the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Orissa, Bihar, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. Different estimates of the 1980s to the 1990s, going from 500-3000 wolves out on the entire Indian peninsula, with the lower estimates are probably resorted to low. Most wolves live in India in dry areas outside protected areas and feed primarily from pets. In areas where natural prey animals like blackbuck are still common, such as in Blackbuck National Park, but they pull in front of natural prey.