They're smaller," said Chris Darimont, Paquet's colleague. "They have different fur characteristics – coarser hair. And there's a red tinge that graces many of these grey animals."
Two scientists in British Columbia say they've found out a lot more about the rainforest wolf and one of the things they've found is that it's in danger of becoming extinct.
The animal is the rainforest wolf. It lives on a remote part of the B.C. coast, deep in an old-growth forest known as the Great Bear Rainforest.
Experts have long known of its existence, but not much else. But now two biologists with the Rainforest Conservation Society have studied the elusive creature, and have come to the conclusion that the rainforest wolf is a distinct species.
"The preliminary information does suggest that they may be genetically unique," said Paul Paquet, an internationally recognized expert on wolves.
Paquet says one of the most unusual traits of rainforest wolves is their ability to swim great distances. "We have watched wolves swim between islands. There's some evidence that they're covering distances of between 10 to 15 kilometres."
Websites
More info at -
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2001/01/ ... 10130.html
Here is want I found with the name coast wolf-
http://www.nrdc.org/land/forests/gb/gbwolf.asp
Now I found a other good website-
http://www.raincoastfoundation.org/proj ... ndex.shtml
A other Project one -
http://www.raincoast.org/proj-wolves/index.shtml
P.s it's hard to find info about the coast wolf
Info about Great Bear Rainforest, wolf habitats
The Great Bear Rainforest is one of the last wolf habitats left on the planet and substantial evidence suggests coastal wolves are vulnerable to industrial forestry.
Pics of the Rainforest wolf
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http://www.nrdc.org/land/forests/gb/images/gbwolf.gif
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http://channelg.mighty-site.com/filebin ... olf_vs.jpg
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http://www.raincoastfoundation.org/Imag ... 00x120.jpg
Geart Video found at-
http://channelg.mighty-site.com/pages/a ... on/106.php
If you can't see the pics go here-
http://z14.invisionfree.com/Baltos_Pack ... st=0&#last
