The Red Wolf - MORE!
- Red Wolves live about 4 years in the wild and 14 in captivity.
- Red Wolves get their name because of their appearance. They tend to be black and grey with some red behind their ears and along their legs and neck.
- Red Wolves are cousins to the Grey Wolf and Coyote.
- They tend to be smaller than the Grey Wolf and larger than the Coyote.
- An Adult male can reach 60 to 80 pounds and a female can reach 60 to 40 pounds.
- Its diet consists of small rodents like raccoons, mice, rabbits and sometimes deer and such.
- The Red Wolf tends to be more resistant to heartworms than other canines.
- It has almond-shaped eyes, a broad muzzle and a wide nose pad much like the Gray Wolf, though like the Coyote, its ears are proportionately larger.
- Canis lupus rufus is the Red Wolf's scientific name.