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The eastern wolf (Canis lycaon [5] or Canis lupus lycaon [6] [7]), also known as the timber wolf, [8] Algonquin wolf and eastern timber wolf, [9] is a canine of debated taxonomy native to the Great Lakes region and southeastern Canada.
Smaller than other wolves, the eastern wolf weighs between 20-35 kilograms. Found in the forests of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence regions of Quebec and Ontario, this mottled brown canine preys primarily on white-tailed deer and moose.
The Eastern wolf is a native of the northeastern side of the Great Lakes region in America, being mainly found in and around Ontario’s Algonquin Provincial Park, also venturing from here into Quebec in Canada. It can also be found in Manitoba and Minnesota.
The Eastern wolf lives in forests – deciduous and mixed forests in the southern part of their range, and mixed and coniferous forests further north. Home ranges can be as large as 300+ square miles.
The eastern wolf, also known as the eastern timber wolf, eastern Canadian wolf, eastern grey wolf, Algonquin wolf and deer wolf, is a medium-sized canine found in Canada. Their population is at risk because of the limited number of individuals left in the wild and the proximity in which they live.
The Eastern Wolf (Canis lupus lycaon), also know as Eastern Canadian Wolf or Eastern Canadian Red Wolf is a subspecies of the Grey Wolf. Sometimes it is also viewed as a result of historical hybridizations between grey wolves and red wolves or coyotes.
The average territory ranges 118–185 km 2 (46–71 sq mi), [20] and the earliest age of dispersal for young eastern wolves is 15 weeks, much earlier than gray wolves. [49] The past range of the eastern wolf included southern Quebec, most of Ontario, the Great Lakes states, New York State and New England. [49]
