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Sorry I've been MIA lately....

Very sad stuff going on in my life, and hopefully the worst is over. It was time to take a short road trip to Bloomington, Illinois to visit the Miller Park Zoo.

 

This is the male Red Wolf of the breeding pair that produced four male pups in April 2017. He is a handsome lad. Got a few peeks at the pups who mostly were sleeping in the den and out of the sun and way at the far end of the exhibit.

 

Red Wolf

Canis lupus rufus

Canis rufus

Critically Endangered

 

Miller Park Zoo

Bloomington, Illinois

USA

 

Red wolf - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_wolf

 

"Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1) Database entry includes justification for why this species is critically endangered. The red wolf (Canis rufus/Canis lupus rufus), also known as the Florida wolf or Mississippi Valley wolf, is a canid of unresolved taxonomic identity native to the eastern United States."

 

 

 

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