The red wolf looks similar to the coyote, although it is larger. It weighs up to 90 pounds and often reaches lengths of 4 feet. Red wolves live in brushy country, along the forest edges in open farming areas. They need large areas away from people to survive. The last sighting of a wild red wolf in Missouri was in 1950.In 1981, less than 100 red wolves remained in the U-S. But a captive breeding program near St. Louis is helping to restore the red wolf population in the southwestern United States.

Red Wolf pup at VALM in Newport News.

Red Wolf here in Jacksonville at the Jax Zoo. Awesome animal. I think the heat is getting to him. It had to be close to 100 degrees.

The rarest canine species on Earth. Canis Rufus, the Red Wolf. These two females are kept at the Northwest Fl. Zoo. They’re identified as coyotees there, but some very knowledgeable people have told me that they are Red Wolves! Both supposedly caught locally in live traps, then donated to the zoo to keep from being euthanized.

A pair of howling endangered red wolves at The Texas Zoo in Victoria, Texas.