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 __**Red Wolf **__ 

-Common Name: Red Wolf -Scientific Name: //Canis rufus

// -The Red Wolf is a carnivore. It primarily feeds on nutria, rabbits, Hispid Cotton Rats, Marsh Rice Rats and muskrats.

-The Red Wolf was originally found in much of eastern North America. Red Wolves were found as north as Pennsylvania, as south as Florida and as west as Texas.

-The Red Wolf's current condition is critically endangered.

-It was thought that the Red Wolf to be a threat to livestock. Hunting, trapping, hybridization, and habitat disruption have all had a contribution to the Red Wolf coming near to extinction.

  **Time Line: **  1960's - 1994: Endangered

1996 - 2003: Critically Endangered

2004: Critically Endangered (Population: Increasing)

-Red Wolves were raised in the captive breeding program, starting with 17 Red Wolves captured in Texas and Louisiana, were re-introduced into eastern North Carolina in 1987. From 1991 - 1998 a second re-introduction project was conducted at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. However, the project was terminated, due to the high deaths of Red Wolf pups.