Description
English: Painting of European wolves
Date 1916
Source Wild life of the world : a descriptive survey of the geographical distribution of animals, vol. I
Author Richard Lydekker (1849-1915)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lydekker_euro_wolves.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.