Wolf (Canis lupus)

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(01-01-2019, 05:04 AM)Wolverine Wrote:

(01-01-2019, 04:55 AM)Shadow Wrote:

(01-01-2019, 04:38 AM)Wolverine Wrote:

(01-01-2019, 03:41 AM)Shadow Wrote: At this point I found some sites giving to wolves in Finland female average weightto be 32-35 kg (70,5-77 lbs) and to males 40 kg (88 lbs), but I couldn´t find to what that information is based. I will look closer with better time.

According to this source the average height of Scandinavian male wolf is 45 kg:
https://www.wildsweden.com/about/facts-about-wolves/


 I think this is the most precise data, since the males from South Europe are bit smaller than those from Northern Europe and their average is 40 kg.

So comparison of different subspecies should be:

1. Arabian wolf (the smallest) - average male - 20,41 kg
2. Indian wolf - average 25 to 28 kg
2. Wolves from Southern Europe - 38-40 kg
3. Northern Europe - 45 kg
4. West Canadian and Yellowstone wolves - 51 kg

I'm originally from South-East Europe (Bulgaria) when I came to Canada noticed that Canadian wolves are significantly larger, exactly their paws when I saw their traces in the snowy Rocky mountains was shocked ... huge beasts...

Also there are some differences in the coloration between European and North American wolves. While in the majority of Europe wolves are brown or brownish North American wolves are often black, grey or white, few of them are really brownish. Term "grey wolf" actually comes from America and its not very suitable for European wolves. Of course all polar wolves are white.

For example such coloration is hard to be found in Europe and is typical for Western Canada:

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While typical European wolf look like this:

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Happy New Year by the way!

That 45 kg for males can be quite ok, I am not sure how accurate statistics there are. For instance Swedish site gives size range 35-55 kg and here in Finland have been bigger, I remember one shot wolf, which was told to be 65 kg and bigger have been observed as far as I know. We have that situation, that some packs come and go between Russia and Finland too. And even though we have big forests all over Finland, naturally in Russia there is so much more space for these animals.

Do you have any personal experience with wolves?

Here is a little bit more information about wolves in Finland:

https://www.luke.fi/en/news/majority-of-...n-finland/ Reply