Geographical variation in wolves (Canis lupis L.) of northwestern North America

• Main Author: Jolicoeur, Pierre
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 1958
• Subjects: Wolves > Variation; Wolves; Great Bear Lake; Great Slave Lake; Keewatin; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/40063

Five hundred wolf specimens were studied. They represent populations from Alaska to Keewatin and from Vancouver Island to Manitoba. Pelage color varies nearly from black to white. There are no discrete color phases. Pale wolves are more numerous and dark wolves less numerous toward the tundra (north...