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Answer: I received a referral question you sent to Timber Wolf Information
Network regarding identifying features useful in distinguishing wolves from
dogs, especially hybrids (dogxwolf crosses).
Forget the sucking vs lapping of H2O.
Unfortunately, there is no cut and dried technique. A person who has handled or
had plenty of experience working with wolves is your best bet. Features
differentiating the two are very subtle. Coloration contracts between ventral
and dorsal aspects (especially gradual vs "stark" contrast - latter being
doglike characteristic), "lankiness" of legs vs body size and build (doesn't
work well with overfed captive wolves which tend to get chunky), tail (tight
curl - doglike), size of feet in relation to length of leg with hind feet
smaller than front feet in wolf, sometimes eye color (though dogs run the
gammut). It is best to get their opinion of one who "knows" wolves.
Further, genetics testing is still undefinitive as far as I'm aware. At least,
genetics work will not hold up in court.
That leaves you with the first option, which in a place like the Carolinas,
doesn't leave you with much for an option.
Sorry, but differentiating wolf vs wolfxdog or dog is still exceedingly
difficult.
On Sep 19, 2016, at 10:33 AM, Michel Ebertin <michel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I had read once that a major difference between wolves and dogs is that a dog
laps water whereas a wolf actually sucks and drinks. In that same document
was a note that the wolf mother will take her pups to water and kill the one
that laps (supposedly the dog).
Michel
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