Himalayan wolf

Himalayan wolf (scientific name: Canis himalayensis) of endangered species, DNA tests indicate that the Himalayan wolf genetically different from the Tibetan wolf (scientific name: Canis lupus chanco) was added so the word himalayensis distinct. But specialists in the study of wolves in the International Union for Conservation of Nature and they consider Tibetan wolf so he subspecies of the gray wolf. Currently there are 350 members of the Himalayan wolf distributed in 70,000 square kilometers (27,000 square miles) in the territory in which the stretching Himalayas, they are adapted to living in cold regions

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