The Indian wolf (Canis lupus pallipes) is a subspecies of gray wolf that ranges from Southwest Asia to the Indian subcontinent.
inhabit thorn forests, scrub-lands, arid and semi-arid grassland habitats in India. It is one of the common large carnivores found in the agro-pastoral regions of semi-arid India.
In modern India, the Indian wolf is distributed across the states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh.
The Indian wolf weighs around 19–25 kg, which indeed makes it a lot smaller than the average gray wolf (around 39–90 kg).
It typically preys on antelopes, rodents, and hares. It usually hunts in pairs when targeting antelopes, with one wolf acting as a decoy while the other attacks from behind.
YOU ARE READING
Animals On Earth: India, Asia, China, Hawaii, And Madagascar
RandomNow let's discover some animals in India, Asia, China, Madagascar, And Hawaii.
