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#LoboWeek Some mixed-media studies of "Mr. Goodbar", Mexican gray wolf m1888.
Mr. Goodbar has been in the news a few times recently, and his story illustrates the troubles that wild lobos face in a landscape so dominated by humans
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#LoboWeek The Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) is a genetically distinct subspecies of gray wolf. They are the remnants of a southern gray wolf lineage that populated the Americas much earler than the ancestors of contemporary Northern gray wolves (Canis lupus).
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This wolf is one of our resident Mexican gray wolves, Zeke. He was the inspiration for this piece of artwork, titled "Lobo" by local artist @ThornwolfArt, which she has let us use as imagery for several of our events. #Lobo #loboweek