The Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus,[2][3][1][4] or Canis lupus lupus,[5] Spanish and Portuguese: Lobo ibérico),[6] is a subspecies of grey wolf. It inhabits the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, which includes northwestern Spain and northern Portugal. It is home to 2,200-2,700 wolves which have been isolated from mixing with other wolf populations for over a century. They form the largest wolf population in Western Europe.[7]
Due to population controls and damage to livestock, Iberian wolves were, as of September 2021,[8][9][10] the only Western European subspecies of wolf whose hunting remained legal, yet only in Spain. Nonetheless, very few hunting permits were given every year, strictly north of the Douro river.[11] Along with the difficulty of their hunt by virtue of their vigilant nature and the rarity of their sightings, they were strongly desired by many European hunters as a big-game trophy.[12][13]
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^Cerrillo Barcelona, Antonio (September 21, 2021). "Ya es oficial: prohibida la caza del lobo en toda España". La Vanguardia. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
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^[1] José Luis Vicente González: La gestión del lobo ibérico (Canis Iupus signatus Cabrera, 1907), en una población “estable” p. 237
^[2] Crónicas de Cuenca: Lobo saltando sobre cerca. p. 2
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also found within the digestive tract of wild Iberian lynx. It competes for prey with the Iberianwolf (Canis lupus signatus), red fox (Vulpes vulpes)...
haplotypes form the Iberianwolf and separately the Italian wolf. The phylogenetic tree generated from the sequences showed the Italian wolf positioned close...
the two most genetically distinct haplotypes form the Iberianwolf and separately the Italian wolf that was positioned close to the ancient wolves. The...
Portugal (the fallow deer, red deer, roe deer, Iberian ibex, wild boar, red fox, Iberianwolf and Iberian lynx) were once widespread throughout the country...
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BENEFICIOSECOSISTÉMICOS Y LOCIALES DELLOBO IBÉRICO" [WHAT THE WOLF GIVES US ECOSYSTEM AND SOCIAL BENEFITS OF THE IBERIANWOLF] (PDF). WWF (Spain) (in Spanish). 1986. Archived...
urogallus cantabricus). Other animals associated with the range include the Iberianwolf (Canis lupus signatus) and the rebeco, or Cantabrian chamois (Rupicapra...
Gredos Mountains further west, and has increased in numbers since. The Iberianwolf (Canis lupus signatus) lives in limited numbers in the northern ranges...
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the Iberian Peninsula was inhabited by Celtic and Iberian tribes, along with other local pre-Roman peoples. With the Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula...
the last habitats of the endangered Iberian lynx. Other charismatic animals of the region include the Iberianwolf (2019 declared extinct regionally by...
species that occur in Portugal, with emphasis on one of the most important Iberianwolf populations. In 2019 a Cantabrian brown bear was sighted. The ichthyofauna...
Mediterranean woodlands. The large carnivores such as the Iberianwolf (Canis lupus signatus) and the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) are quite threatened, and are...
zum Management der Raubtiere in der Schweiz. Retrieved 2008-10-01. "Iberianwolf - Wolves in Spain". Iberianature.com. Retrieved 2012-06-21. Türr, István...
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