Arctic wolf stretching
by Les Palenik
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Arctic wolf stretching
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Les Palenik
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Photograph - Photograph
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Arctic wolf stretching
The arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos), also called snow wolf or white wolf, is a subspecies of the gray wolf. Arctic wolves have white fur and long canine teeth for killing their prey.
The arctic wolf inhabits the Canadian Arctic, parts of Alaska and northern parts of Greenland. Their habitat extends from 70� North latitude and higher. They have lived in North America for more than two million years. When they find a den, they make a couple of chambers for food and young. The arctic wolf is the only subspecies of the Gray Wolf that still can be found over the whole of its original range, largely because, in their natural habitat, they rarely encounter humans. The arctic wolf is also the only subspecies of wolf which is not threatened - their remote home means that they are relatively safe from man's activities, both in terms of hunting and habitat destruction.
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March 6th, 2013
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