Extinct but not gone.

Did you know that there are two species of wolf in the US? But it is a bit complicated. This is the story of the most endangered canid in the world.

Red wolf© Photo from camera trap set out by Roland Kays, NC Museum of Sciences

Red wolf

© Photo from camera trap set out by Roland Kays, NC Museum of Sciences

Phylum: CHORDATA

Class: MAMMALIA (mammals)

Order: Carnivora (carnivores)

Family: Canidae

Genus: Canis

Species: C. lupus