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Wolves

Known as: Wolf, canis lupus 
Any of several large carnivorous mammals of the family CANIDAE that usually hunt in packs.
National Institutes of Health

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Canis lupusCanis rufusCanis simensis
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
An Improved Field Method to Obtain DNA for Individual Identification From Wolf Scat
Abstract Sampling of feces for genetic studies of wild populations can be problematic because of the low quality and quantity of… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Recovering Riparian Plant Communities with Wolves in Northern Yellowstone, U.S.A.
Gray wolves (Canis lupus) were extirpated from Yellowstone National Park in the 1920s. The ensuing seven decades marked a period… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Genetic nature of eastern wolves: Past, present and future
Eastern North American wolves have long been recognized as morphologically distinct from both coyotes and gray wolves. This has… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
EXPOSURE OF FREE-RANGING MANED WOLVES (CHRYSOCYON BRACHYURUS) TO INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASE AGENTS IN THE NOËL KEMPFF MERCADO NATIONAL PARK, BOLIVIA
Abstract Maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus) are neotropic mammals, listed as a CITES Appendix II species, with a distribution… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Characteristics of fresh and frozen-thawed red wolf (Canis rufus) spermatozoa.
1996
1996
Social dominance and reproductive patterns in brown hyaenas, Hyaena brunnea , of the central Kalahari desert
A 7-year study of brown hyaenas of the Central Kalahari, Botswana, showed a separate, linear dominance hierarchy within each sex… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Winter and early spring food of some carnivores in the Białowieża National Park, eastern Poland
Data on the food of the wolf Canis lupus, the lynx Lynx lynx, the red fox Vulpes vulpes, the rancoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Chromosomal evolution of the Canidae. I. Species with high diploid numbers.
The Giemsa banding patterns of seven canid species, including the grey wolf (Canis lupus), the maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Wolves of the World: Perspectives of Behavior, Ecology and Conservation
Since the early 1940s, North America has been the focus of studies of free-ranging wolves. Much of Canada and most of Alaska… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Scent-marking in wolves
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