Extensive wolf populations have existed across Nunavut since before European settlement in North America. Main prey for wolves there are moose, caribou, musk oxen and beaver. Wolf range is 100 percent of the map shown.
Species Information
Species
Common Name: gray wolf
Latin Name:
Canis lupus
Subspecies 1
Common Name: arctic wolf
Latin Name:
Canis lupus arctos
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Subspecies 2
Common Name: plains wolf, tundra wolf
Latin Name:
Canis lupus nubilus
Current Wolf Population, Trend, Status
Number of wolves: 5,000
Population trend: Stable
Legal status: The wolf is a game species throughout the region
Ecology
Biology
Descriptions of species/subspecies present: physiology and unique
characteristics as well as information related to distribution of
wolves in Nunavut.
