Basic Information About Wolves
Wolves are carnivores that live in the more wild parts of the world. They are great and majestic animals. They have been around for centuries and centuries. Wolves are very intelligent. They have a keen sense of smell and hearing. They know how to hunt together, bring down large prey, play to sharpen their hunting strategies, establish their own hierarchy, and many other things. Wolves are the great ancestors of the very animals many of you have at home, dogs. Dogs and wolves genetically diverged 135,00 years ago. Some dogs look like wolves, and some look nothing like them!
There are lots of different types of wolves. There are artic wolves, gray wolves, red wolves, Mexican wolves, Persian wolves, Indian wolves and Chinese wolves. On our website, we talk about the timber wolf, also known as the gray wolf. Gray wolves live in the Artic, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Minnesota, Idaho, Montana and Europe.
Please link to the US Fish and Wildlife site for more background information.