What are some facts about the red wolf niche?

The red wolf is a smaller, thinner cousin of the gray wolf. It is gray-black in color, but has a distinctive reddish cast for which it is named. The red wolf is the world's most endangered canid, and the Southeast's native wolf. read more

That all North American wolves and coyotes emerged from a single ancestor some 100, 000 years ago and that two endogenous species, the eastern and red wolf, do share coyote and gray wolf genetics. It’s thought that the red wolf was the first “New World” wolf that early settlers on the eastern shores encountered. read more