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Wolves of the World
 

Dive into the amazing world of wolf populations from around the globe! Find detailed information on wolf species and subspecies based on their geographic location around the world using the map below.

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The World At A Glance

Wolves once ranged in a wide variety of ecosystems around the world in the northern hemisphere. Changing habitats, prey densities and availability, and human competition and hunting are influencing variables on where wolves can live.

Currently, wild wolf populations are found in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa.

Explore this section for details on wolf populations around the world.



Special thanks to the following people and organizations whose financial support made Wolves of the World on the web possible:

Anonymous (3); The James Ford Bell Foundation; Mary Lee Dayton; Nancy Gibson and Ron Sternal, Dr. L. David Mech; and the Tracy A. Weeks Fund of the Saint Paul Foundation.

The International Wolf Center would especially like to thank the biologists from around the world for their regular updates to this site, in particular: Layne G. Adams; Dean E. Beyer, Jr.; Juan Carlos Blanco; Luigi Boitani; Dean Cluff; Sasa Kunovac; Josip Kusak; Erkki Pulliainen and Jon Trapp.