Gray+wolves

**Gray wolves** //Canis lupus// alayna9 The **Gray Wolf** (//Canis lupus//; also spelled **Grey Wolf**, also known as **Timber Wolf** or **Wolf**) is a mammal in the order Carnivora. The Gray Wolf shares a common ancestry with the domestic dog (//Canis lupus familiaris//), as evidenced by DNA sequencing and genetic drift studies.[2] Gray wolves were once abundant and distributed over much of North America, Eurasia, and the Middle East. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf