Eastern Timber Wolf

The Eastern Timber Wolf (Canis lupus lycaon) is an endangered subspecies of the Gray Wolf and is native to North America. "Timber wolf" used to refer to any North American wolf that lived within forested areas, but this designation has more recently been reserved for this specific subspecies of the grey wolf with the help of contemporary genetic findings. Eastern Timber Wolves should not be mistaken for the Eastern Canadian Wolf, Canis lycaon. Originally thought to be the same animal, new genetic testing and data has revealed that wolves occupying the Algonquin Park region in Canada are actually a separate species more closely related to the Red Wolf. There is still a great deal of turmoil in the scientific community as this change is being undertaken. This subspecies was the focal point of L. David Mech's book The Wolf: The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species (1970, University of Minnesota Press).
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