northwestern wolf (Canis lupus occidentalis) Description
Wolf at Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park, Alaska. She was not concerned about the people taking pictures on the observation deck.
Date 3 August 2009, 16:56
Source Wolf by Brooks Falls
Author BlackburnPhoto from Overland Park, KS, USA http://www.flickr.com/people/25616137@N05
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wolf_by_Brooks_Falls.jpg
The northwestern wolf, Canis lupus occidentalis, also known as the Mackenzie Valley wolf, Alaskan timber wolf, Canadian timber wolf, or northern timber wolf, is a subspecies of gray wolf in western North America. It ranges from Alaska, the upper Mackenzie River Valley; southward into the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan as well as the Northwestern United States.