Species
The species that Red Wolves often get confused with
Coyotes
Red wolves mated in the wild with this organism causes a hybridization of Red Wolves and little to no pure Red Wolves left.
Coyotes
Upland and bottomland forests, coastal prairies, swamps, and marshes
The current conservation status of Red Wolves
Critically endangered
“the only Lusitanian oceanic archipelago in Europe”
Time of day Red Wolves are most active
Night time, dawn, and dusk
A main reason for gunshot wounds
Red wolves will get on to farms in search for food and will be shot by farmers
Where more than half of the Red Wolf population currently live
In Captivity
Ways Red Wolves would be reintroduced
Putting pups in dens of mothers or releasing family groups.
Location of the Isles of Scilly
45 km southwest of Land's End, UK (Southwest of the UK)
What is the diet of Red Wolves
White tailed deer, racoons, rabbits, small rodents, and occasionally berries and insects.
Year that Red Wolves were declared extinct in the wild
1980
The original Red Wolf habitat range before they were declared extinct in the wild
From Pennsylvania to Texas
Causes of deaths for Red Wolves
Habitat loss, wolf-vehicle collisions, gunshot mortality, hybridization with coyotes
Threats to the biodiversity if the Isles of Scilly and NC habitat for Red Wolves
Deforestation of their habitat
Flooding due to ocean levels rising of their habitat
Warming changing the profile and composition of the vegetation in their habitats
Scientific name for the Red Wolf
Canis rufus
Where the first four wolf pairs were reintroduced into the wild
Alligator National Wildlife Refuge in NC
The five counties of the Albemarle Peninsula
Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, and Washington counties
Percent decrease in Red Wolves from 2010-2020
More than 85%
Two habitat types of the Isles of Scilly
Rocky shorelines, mud flats, seagrass beds, coastal forests, sandy beach
What the breeding wolves are called in a pack
Alpha pair
The reasons for the decline of Red Wolves in the wild
Predator extermination programs, habitat loss, and therefore a lack in breeding partners.
Only confirmed home for Red Wolves
North Carolina's Albemarle Peninsula
A solution to help the Red Wolf population
Trapping and relocating in Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge and Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge to help create new breeding pairs
Red wolf pup introduction will increase genetic diversity and coyote sterilization will help reduce hybridization
EDUCATION!!
How many inhabited islands are part of the Isles of Scilly
Five