Iberian wolf
canis lupus signatus latin

Overall, the Iberian wolf is expanding to the south and east.

The Iberian wolf also lives in the area in small numbers.

There are Iberian Wolves in this area.

These mountains are famous as one of the few remaining strongholds of the Iberian Wolf.

Until 1900s the Iberian wolf inhabited the major part of the Iberian Peninsula.

Iberian Wolf Caught in Action.

These mountains were once one of the last refuges of the Iberian Wolf, unfortunately the last one was killed in 2008.

Lobo, Iberian Wolf (Canis lupus signatus)

Squirrels, dormice, Spanish Moles, sables, martens, foxes, wildcats, and Iberian Wolves are all abundant in some areas.

Although hundreds of Iberian wolves are illegally killed annually, the population has expanded south across the river Duero and east to the Asturias and Pyrenees Mountains.

This plan is detrimental to hundreds of nature reserves in Spain and will also adversely affect the natural habitat of the brown bear and Iberian wolf in the Pyrenees.

The Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus) is a subspecies of grey wolf that inhabits the forest and plains of northern Portugal and northwestern Spain.

Other animals associated with the range include the Iberian Wolf (Canis lupus signatus) and the rebeco, or Cantabrian chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica parva).

The presence of Iberian wolves is not very rare, and brown bears have been sighted, thus considering this zone as an important nexus of communication between isolated populations of this plantigrade.

Two subspecies not mentioned in the list above are the Italian Wolf (Canis lupus italicus) and the Iberian Wolf (Canis lupus signatus).

There are many protected animal species, like the Capercaillie, the Lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus), the Cantabrian brown bear and the Iberian Wolf (Canis lupus signatus).

An evocative piece Iberian Wolves - hope for the future (1994) was inspired by a 7 day trip to the Iberian Wolf Recovery Centre in Portugal.

Set in a forested valley, the centre aims to boost the rapidly dwindling numbers of Portugal's Iberian wolf population (now just 300 in the wild) by affording them safe shelter in a near-to-natural habitat.

Among the protected species are the Iberian Wolf, Roe Deer, Wild Boar, Iberian Lynx, Common Genet, Red Fox and European Otter.

The Iberian wolf differs from the more common Eurasian wolf with its thinner build, the white marks on the upper lips, the dark marks on the tail and a pair of dark marks in its front legs that give it its subspecies name, signatus ("marked").

The large carnivores such as the Iberian Wolf (Canis lupus signatus) and the Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus) are quite threatened, and are limited to the Sierra de Andújar, inside of Sierra Morena, Doñana and Despeñaperros.

Cantabrian brown bears (Ursus arctos pyrenaicus) and wolves (Canis lupus signatus) live in the remoter regions.

Lobo, Iberian Wolf (Canis lupus signatus)

The Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus) is a subspecies of grey wolf that inhabits the forest and plains of northern Portugal and northwestern Spain.

Other animals associated with the range include the Iberian Wolf (Canis lupus signatus) and the rebeco, or Cantabrian chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica parva).

Two subspecies not mentioned in the list above are the Italian Wolf (Canis lupus italicus) and the Iberian Wolf (Canis lupus signatus).

There are many protected animal species, like the Capercaillie, the Lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus), the Cantabrian brown bear and the Iberian Wolf (Canis lupus signatus).

The large carnivores such as the Iberian Wolf (Canis lupus signatus) and the Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus) are quite threatened, and are limited to the Sierra de Andújar, inside of Sierra Morena, Doñana and Despeñaperros.