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Canis lupus baileyi Mexican Gray Wolf |
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| Description
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Range
& Habitat:
Historically, the Mexican wolf, or lobo, lived the furthest south and in the most arid environment, ranging throughout central and southeastern Arizona, west Texas, southern New Mexico, and parts of Mexico down to Mexico City (Fig. 1) (Young and Goldman 1944, Brown 1983). The habitat of the Mexican wolf ranged from oak/brush to evergreen woodlands and grasslands at elevations from 1,200 to 3,300 m. Today, there are no confirmed wild populations of Mexican wolves, with the exception of those reintroduced by the U.S. government in the southwestern United States. Reintroduction of captive-reared Mexican wolves began in March 1998 into a portion of its historic range in the Southwest. The area selected for recovery efforts of this subspecies was the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area (Fig. 2), which includes the Apache and Gila National Forests in east-central Arizona and west-central New Mexico, encompassing 17,820 km2.
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