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Red Wolf Returning

  • January 10, 2015
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Native to the southeastern U.S., red wolves are the smaller, skinnier cousins of gray wolves. These highly endangered canids became extinct in the wild by the 1980s, but a captive breeding program has helped return a small population to part of their historical habitat. (Mikhail Blejanov / Shutterstock)

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