Red wolves grow up to 26 inches tall, and adults measure about four feet in length from tail tip to nose. They range in weight from about 45 to 80 pounds, and have pointy ears and broad muzzles ...

HABITAT: Red wolves appear to be habitat generalists, given their wide historical range, but they currently occupy the swamps, forests, wetlands and bushlands of northeastern North Carolina. RANGE: ...

The plan’s recovery vision is to have three “wild and free” populations of red wolves coexisting with people across portions of the species’ historic range in the Southeastern United States. But the ...

Section 10(j) of the Endangered Species Act authorizes the USFWS to reintroduce populations of threatened and endangered species within their historic range. This includes red wolves—among the first ...

Red wolf historical range with non-essential experimental population management area. Map by Jose Barrios, USFWS. From 2002 to 2014, the wild red wolf population consistently numbered over 100 animals ...