latrans) were known, the validity of the red wolf as a distinct species was. Wrapped over sustainable 1.5 inch deep FSC Certified Pine Wood. Because many hybrids with the gray wolf (Canis lupus) and the coyote (C. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the American Society of Mammalogists commends the U.S. Fine Art Giclee canvas print professionally hand-stretched. Fish and Wildlife Service, following the Red Wolf Recovery Plan, has taken critical steps to reintroduce four mated pairs of red wolves into the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in Dare County, North Carolina, and is investigating other potential reintroduction sites elsewhere within the species' original geographic range, WHEREAS, reintroduction of an endangered predator into the wild is always difficult because of animal behavior and human concerns and, It is thought that the Red Wolfs original distribution included much of eastern North America, where Red Wolves were found from Pennsylvania in the east, Florida in the south and Texas in the west. Fish and Wildlife Service opted for captive propagation as the best means of ensuring the species' survival and, The Red Wolf (Canis Rufus) is the rarest and most endangered of all the wolf species. WHEREAS, through a combination of predator control, habitat disturbance, encroaching human populations, and finally, hybridization with the coyote ( Canis latrans), the red wolf, Canis rufus, was periously close to extinction by the early 1970's and, Native to the United States, red wolves (Canis rufus) have a tawny, reddish coat, and they are intermediate in size between grey wolves and coyotes.