Description
English: Engraving of a Eurasian wolf by J. G. Keulemans
Date 1890
Source Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes: a monograph of the Canidae
Author Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Keulemans_common_wolf.png

The Eurasian wolf (Canis lupus lupus), also known as the common wolf or Middle Russian forest wolf, is a subspecies of grey wolf native to Europe and the forest and steppe zones of the former Soviet Union. It was once widespread throughout Eurasia prior to the Middle Ages.