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Length : 95 - 120 cm

Size : 15-30 kg ( 33-66 lb)

Weight : 15-30 kg ( 33-66 lb)

 Height  : 660 to 790 mm

Description :

The red wolf is a smaller and a more slender cousin of the gray wolf. It is gray-black, with a cinnamon cast that gives it the color for which it is named.

Range - The Red Wolves are found in  southeastern United States, Texas, southwestern Louisiana,  historical range--Alligator River in North Carolina, and the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina.

Habitat -   They live in temperate forest & rainforest.

Diet - They eat rodents, small mammals are the main prey of red wolves. The dominant prey species include raccoons, white-tailed deer, swamp rabbits, cottontail rabbits, pigs, rice, rats, nutria, muskrats and carrion

Status - . There are only 300  remaining in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina only.

Reason for the status - This is because of habitat destruction, and serious threat to livestock.

What type of animal is it - It is a Carnivore

Gestation : 60-63 days

Longevity : 14 to 15 years in captivity; four to six years in the wild.

Coat ( How the animal looks like ) : Cinnamon or tawny with gray and black highlights.