Red Wolf Plush Toys and Gifts
These Red Wolf plush toys include the Conservation Critters Red Wolf from Wildlife Artists, and the Wild Republic Red Wolf. Find some of these beautiful plush red wolves at our sponsor's online gift shop: Jeannie's Cottage LLC.
The Red Wolf, Canis rufus, looks more
like a Coyote than a wolf. It is 16 inches high and about 5 feet long and weighs about 60 pounds. Compare that to the grey wolf who is about 30 inches tall and 6 feet long and weighs about 100 pounds.
Red wolves mate in the spring and produce a litter of 3 to 7 pups. The gestation is about 2 months. Both parents tend the young. Pups tend to leave the den at about 6 weeks.
The principle prey includes deer, rabbits, raccoons and smaller rodents like mice.
Red wolves were brought to the edge of extinction by human interference, loss of habitat, inbreeding with coyotes and wild dogs. A breeding program begun in the 1970s prevented its extinction.
As a result of the breeding program, Red Wolves have been re-introduced into the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, which is on an island off the coast of North Carolina. They have also been released on Bull's Island, South Carolina, St. Vincent Island, Florida and Horn Island, Mississippi. They have also been re-introduced into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
