wolves cause livestock damage, to prevent ranchers resorting to private control 

 measures. More widely publicize through the popular press the uniqueness of the red 

 wolf and its precarious status . Obtain additional refuge lands in coastal prairie areas, 

 supplemental to those in the present Anahuac and Brazoria National Wildlife Refuges . 

 Maintain good breeding stock in captivity (zoos, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, 

 etc.) for possible restocking in case of sharp declines (due to rabies, flooding, 

 hybridization with coyotes, etc.) in the wild, and for biological studies of reproduction , 

 behavior, etc . 



Number in captivity : Uncertain; many alleged red wolves may be coyotes or coyote- 

 red hybrids. Sixteen known red wolves in five zoos (Ogilvie 1969) . 



Breeding potential in captivity : Not known; probably good. 



Remarks: Pure populations of red wolf today are known only from the coastal prairie 

 marshes of east Texas and adjacent Louisiana. All efforts should be made to preserve 

 these marshes in their present state. Most recent field information (1971), however, 

 strongly suggests that coyotes are now present throughout this area, and perhaps 

 hybridizing with red wolves, a situation not evident two years ago. The future has 

 been considerably dimmed by this new factor . 



References : 



McCarley, H. 1962. The taxonomic status of Canis (Canidae) in the South 



Central United States. Southwestern Naturalist, 7(3-4): 227-235. 

 Nowak, R. M. 1967. The red wolf in Louisiana . Defenders of Wildlife News, 



42(1): 60-70. 

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45(1): 82-94. 

 Ogilvie, P. W. 1970. Interim report on the red wolf in the United States. 



International Zoo Yearbook, pp. 122-124. 

 Paradiso, J. L. 1965. Recent records of the red wolf from the gulf coast of 



Texas. Southwestern Naturalist, 10(4): 318-319 . 

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the taxonomy of the red wolf. American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 80, No. 2, 



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