Facts about the Red Wolves
• The red wolf's coat ranges from cinnamon red, gray to black. It is smaller than the gray wolf, larger than a coyote, and weighs 40 to 80 pounds.
• Red wolves roam in smaller packs than gray wolves. Most times the red wolf pack consists of an adult pair and their young offspring.
• Red wolves mate for life.
• At present, the red wolf is extinct from the wild.
To hear a red wolf howl click here.
Horn Island, a part of Gulf Islands National Seashore off the mainland of Mississippi, is serving as a site for captive rearing of red wolves.