Aspen Meadows Kennel

Once abundant throughout North America, wolves have over the past 200 years felt a constant impact of the Human Population. Even today, their number continues to dwindle as they are forced into smaller and smaller habitat.

Although the North American gray wolf was grouped into just 5 subspecies in 1995, in order to show what different distinctions exist between them, I chose to show all of the original 24.

Alaskan Tundra Wolf
(Canis lupus tundarum)
Alexander Archipelago Wolf
(Canis lupus ligoni)
Arctic Wolf
(Canis lupus arctos)
Baffin Island Wolf
(Canis lupus manningi)
Bernard's Wolf
(Canis lupus bernardi)
British Columbian Wolf
(Canis lupus columbianus)
Cascade Mountain Wolf
(Canis lupus fuscus)
Eastern Timber Wolf
(Canis lupus lycaon)
Great Plains Wolf
(Canis lupus nubilus)
Greenland Wolf
(Canis lupus orion)
Hudson Bay Wolf
(Canis lupus hudsonicus)
Interior Alaskan Wolf
(Canis lupus pambasileus)
Kenai Peninsula Wolf
(Canis lupus alces)
Labrador Wolf
(Canis lupus labradorius)
Mackenzie Tundra Wolf
(Canis lupus mackenzii)
Mackenzie Valley Wolf
(Canis lupus occidentalis)
Manitoba Wolf
(Canis lupus griseoalbus)
Mexican Wolf
(Canis lupus baileyi)
Mogollon Mountain Wolf
Canis lupus mogollonensis)
Newfoundland Wolf
(Canis lupus beothucus)
N. Rocky Mountains Wolf
(Canis lupus irremotus)
S. Rocky Mountains Wolf
(Canis lupus youngi)
Texas Gray Wolf
(Canis lupus monstrabilis)
Vancouver Island Wolf
(Canis lupus crassodon)

The red wolf is listed separately because for so long it was viewed as it's own separate species (the Canis rufus). The Canis lupus floridanus and Canis lupus gregoryi were recognized as subspecies of the red wolf (and still are by many). However, at the present, they are all identified as subspecies of the gray wolf.

Common Red Wolf
(Canis lupus rufus)
Florida Red Wolf
(Canis lupus floridanus)
Swamp Wolf
(Canis lupus gregoryi)

Eurasian Gray Wolves
Howling Gray Wolf

It is believed that European Wolves evolved around 150,000 years ago, about the same time as North American Wolves. Asian Wolves, however, are believed to have originated long before.

Arabian Wolf
(Canis lupus arab)
Common Gray Wolf
(Canis lupus lupus)
Hokkaido Wolf
(Canis lupus hattai)
Honshu Wolf
(Canis lupus hodophilax)
Iberian Wolf
(Canis lupus signatus)
Iranian Wolf
(Canis lupus pallipes)
Italian Wolf
(Canis lupus italicus)
Steppe Wolf
(Canis lupus campestris)
Tibetan Wolf
(Canis lupus chanco)
Tundra Wolf
(Canis lupus albus)