DNA Study Reveals the One and Only Wolf Species in North America 

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Gray Wolf

Now everyone that was crying they introduced a different wolf to Yellowstone just lost their argument!!!!!!! There is only 1 wolf type in “North America” DNA has shown that their is only  The Gray Wolf.

The finding highlights the shortcomings of laws intended to protect endangered species that don’t take into account research of the evolution of species.

The first large study of North American wolf genomes has found that there is only one species on the continent: the gray wolf. Two other purported species, the Eastern wolf and the red wolf, are mixes of gray wolf and coyote DNA, the scientists behind the study concluded.

The gray wolf and red wolf were listed as endangered in the lower 48 states under the Endangered Species Act in the 1970s and remain protected today, to the periodic consternation of ranchers and agricultural interests.

Source: DNA Study Reveals the One and Only Wolf Species in North America – The New York Times