STANLEY WOODS’ CRITTERS: Brush Wolf 023 

The Red Wolf
Canis rufus

The Red Wolf – Has a longer, more slender skull than the Grey Wolf, and a more prominent sagittal crest (raised area of bone at the back of the skull used for anchoring the jaw muscles in larger carnivores). It's canine teeth are also longer and more slender. Dental formula is the same as in the coyote.
PHOTO: Phil Flash, November, 2000.