Talk:Red Wolf
From Academic Kids
I'm confused:
- Three subspecies of Red Wolf are recognised. Canis rufus floridanus has been extinct since 1930. Canis rufus rufus was declared extinct by 1970. And finally, Canis rufus gregoryi, now focused on in wolf recovery plans, became extinct in the wild by 1980.
- There are around 270 remaining Red Wolves; about 100 in the wild in North Carolina and 170 in captivity.
Does this mean that there are other red wolves still in the wild who are not members of the three subspecies? RickK 01:52, 14 Sep 2003 (UTC)
I was going to post the same complaint, Rick. Then I re-read it and figured out what the entry was trying to say - with some difficulty, I might add. No, it doesn't mean that, it means that Canis rufus gregoryi is the only surviving subspecies. But it's very badly written - I'll attend to it shortly. (But first, I'll look them up again and do some double-checking.) Tannin 02:00, 14 Sep 2003 (UTC)
Thanks, Tannin. If I'd understood it, I would have changed it myself. :) RickK 02:02, 14 Sep 2003 (UTC)
Below text was moved here from "Texas red wolf", which I (Infrogmation) turned into a redirect to this article:
"Texas redwolves are extinct because farmers thought they were eating their cattle so the killed them almost to the pointof extincttion. in 1970 they started to breed them but it did not work."
Additions
The article consisted of the intro and a long section on taxonomy with nothing about habits, social structure or even physical appearance. I have added two sections which I think fills it out nicely. Marskell 17:20, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
