Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus) Description
English: Iberian Wolf (Canis lupus signatus) alpha male in perfect "big bad wolf" pose - head down, eyes fixed, mouth open, forelegs stained with blood.
Español: Lobo Iberico (Canis lupus signatus). Macho alfa con una pose perfecta de 'lobo malo' - la cabeza gacha, los ojos fijos, las fauces abiertas, las piernas manchadas de sangre.
Français : Mâle alpha d'une meute de loups ibériques (Canis lupus signatus). Il est ici dans la posture caractéristique du « grand méchant loup » : tête baissée, yeux fixes, mâchoires ouvertes, jambes tâchées de sang.
Date 17 December 2011, 10:55:28
Author Arturo de Frias Marques https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Arturo_de_Frias_Marques
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iberian_Wolf_AdF_001.jpg
The Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus) is a subspecies of grey wolf that inhabits the forest and plains of northern Portugal and northwestern Spain. The Iberian wolf differs from the more common Eurasian wolf with its slighter frame, white marks on the upper lips, the dark marks on the tail and a pair of dark marks in its front legs that give it its subspecies name, signatus ("marked").
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species: Canis lupus
Subspecies: Canis lupus signatus Cabrera, 1907