The Wolf (Canis lupus) in Greenland: A Historical Review and Present Status

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Dawes, Peter R., Elander, Magnus, Ericson, Mats
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1986
• Subjects: Animal distribution; Animal migration; Extirpation; Wolves; Ellesmere Island; Nunavut; Greenland; Ittoqqortoormitt; Arctic; Canada; Peary; Peary Land; Scoresby; Scoresby Sund; Sund; Canis lupus; East Greenland; Groenland; North Greenland
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65111

In the past few decades, little information on the wolf (Canis lupus) in Greenland has been published. The decline of the species and its extirpation in the late 1930s from East Greenland is well documented. Since then, there has been a tendency for wolves sighted in the North and East Greenland Nat...