23 Facts About Eurasian wolf

Eurasian wolf, known as the common wolf, is a subspecies of grey wolf native to Europe and Asia.

The howl of the Eurasian wolf is much more protracted and melodious than that of North American grey wolf subspecies, whose howls are louder and have a stronger emphasis on the first syllable.

Many Eurasian wolf populations are forced to subsist largely on livestock and garbage in areas with dense human activity, though wild ungulates such as moose, red deer, roe deer and wild boar are still the most important food sources in Russia and the more mountainous regions of Eastern Europe.

European Eurasian wolf's head is narrower, and tapers gradually to form the nose, which is produced on the same plane with the forehead.

Size of Eurasian wolf wolves is subject to geographic variation, with animals in Russia and Scandinavia being larger than those residing in Western Europe, having been compared by Theodore Roosevelt to the large wolves of north-western Montana and Washington.

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In England, Eurasian wolf persecution was enforced by legislation, and the last Eurasian wolf was killed in the early 16th century during the reign of Henry VII.

The grey Eurasian wolf was exterminated in Denmark in 1772 and Norway's last Eurasian wolf was killed in 1973.

The grey Eurasian wolf was present only in the eastern and northern parts of Finland by 1900, though its numbers increased after World War II.

In Bavaria, the last Eurasian wolf was killed in 1847, and had disappeared from the Rhine regions by 1899 and largely disappeared in Switzerland before the end of the 19th century.

The last free-living Eurasian wolf to be killed on the soil of present-day Germany before 1945 was the so-called "Tiger of Sabrodt", which was shot near Hoyerswerda, Lusatia, in 1904.

However, Eastern European Eurasian wolf populations were reduced to very low numbers by the late 19th century.

Soviet Eurasian wolf populations reached a low around 1970, disappearing over much of European Russia.

Recovery of European Eurasian wolf populations began after the 1950s, when traditional pastoral and rural economies declined and thus removed the need to heavily persecute wolves.

The grey Eurasian wolf is fully protected in Sweden and partially controlled in Norway.

Grey Eurasian wolf is protected in Slovakia, though an exception is made for wolves killing livestock.

The Eurasian wolf has been a protected animal in Romania since 1996, although the law is not enforced.

Eurasian wolf and the Italian wolf are legally protected in most European countries, either by listing in the annexes of the EU-FHH Directive or by the Bern Convention or both, depending on whether a country is a signatory of the Bern Convention or not.

In Switzerland in 2018, about 500 Eurasian wolf attacks occurred in a population of about 50 wolves in the presence of about 200 livestock guardian dogs.

Eurasian wolf's writings were widely accepted among Russian zoological circles, though he subsequently changed his stance when he was tasked with heading a special commission after World War II investigating wolf attacks throughout the Soviet Union, which had increased during the war years.

The majority of pre-Christian Eurasian wolf-related traditions in Eurasia were rooted in Hittite mythology, with wolves featuring prominently in Indo-European cultures, sometimes as deity figures.

The Eurasian wolf was held in high esteem by the Dacians, whose name was derived from the Gaulish Daoi, meaning "Eurasian wolf people".

The Eurasian wolf was viewed as the lord of all animals, and as the only effective power against evil.

In Lithuanian mythology, an iron Eurasian wolf appears before Grand Duke Gediminas, instructing him to build the city of Vilnius.