The tundra wolf (''Canis lupus albus''), also known as the Turukhan wolf,Mech, L. David (1981),
The Wolf: The Ecology and Behaviour of an Endangered Species
', University of Minnesota Press, p. 353, is a subspecies of grey wolf native to

Eurasia Eurasia (, ) is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. Primarily in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres, it spans from the British Isles and the Iberian Peninsula in the west to the Japanese archipelag ...

tundra In physical geography, tundra () is a type of biome where tree growth is hindered by frigid temperatures and short growing seasons. The term ''tundra'' comes through Russian (') from the Kildin Sámi word (') meaning "uplands", "treeless mou ...

and

forest A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' ...

-tundra zones from

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bot ...

to the

Kamchatka Peninsula The Kamchatka Peninsula (russian: полуостров Камчатка, Poluostrov Kamchatka, ) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about . The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and w ...

. It was first described in 1792 by Robert Kerr, who described it as living around the

Yenisei The Yenisey (russian: Енисе́й, ''Yeniséy''; mn, Горлог мөрөн, ''Gorlog mörön''; Buryat: Горлог мүрэн, ''Gorlog müren''; Tuvan: Улуг-Хем, ''Uluğ-Hem''; Khakas: Ким суғ, ''Kim suğ''; Ket: Ӄук, ...

, and of having a highly valued pelt.Kerr, R. (1792),
The animal kingdom, or zoological system, of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnæus: containing a complete systematic description, arrangement, and nomenclature, of all the known species and varieties of the mammalia, or animals which give suck to their young
', Printed for A. Strahan, and T. Cadell, London, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, p. 137 It is a large subspecies, with adult males measuring in body length, and females . Although often written to be larger than '' C. l. lupus'', this is untrue, as heavier members of the latter subspecies have been recorded. Average weight is for males and for females. The highest weight recorded among 500 wolves caught in the

Taymyr Peninsula The Taymyr Peninsula (russian: Таймырский полуостров, Taymyrsky poluostrov) is a peninsula in the Far North of Russia, in the Siberian Federal District, that forms the northernmost part of the mainland of Eurasia. Administrat ...

and the Kanin Peninsula during 1951-1961 was from an old male killed on the Taymyr at the north of the Dudypta River weighing . The fur is very long, dense, fluffy, and soft, and is usually light grey in colour. The lower fur is lead-grey and the upper fur is reddish-grey.Heptner, V. G. & Naumov, N., P. (1998
''Mammals of the Soviet Union'' Vol. II Part 1a, SIRENIA AND CARNIVORA (Sea cows; Wolves and Bears)
Science Publishers, Inc., USA, pp. 182-184, The tundra wolf generally rests in river valleys, thickets and forest clearings.Heptner, V. G. & Naumov, N., P. (1998
''Mammals of the Soviet Union'' Vol. II Part 1a, SIRENIA AND CARNIVORA (Sea cows; Wolves and Bears)
Science Publishers, Inc., USA, p. 210, In winter it feeds almost exclusively on female or young wild and domestic

reindeer Reindeer (in North American English, known as caribou if wild and ''reindeer'' if domesticated) are deer in the genus ''Rangifer''. For the last few decades, reindeer were assigned to one species, ''Rangifer tarandus'', with about 10 subs ...

, though hares, arctic foxes and other animals are sometimes targeted. The stomach contents of 74 wolves caught in the

Nenets Autonomous Okrug The Nenets Autonomous Okrug (russian: Не́нецкий автоно́мный о́круг; Nenets: Ненёцие автономной ӈокрук, ''Nenjocije awtonomnoj ŋokruk'') is a federal subject of Russia and an autonomous okrug of ...

in the 1950s were found to consist of 93.1% reindeer remains. In the summer period, tundra wolves feed extensively on birds and small rodents, as well as newborn reindeer calves.Heptner, V. G. & Naumov, N., P. (1998
''Mammals of the Soviet Union'' Vol. II Part 1a, SIRENIA AND CARNIVORA (Sea cows; Wolves and Bears)
Science Publishers, Inc., USA, p. 216,

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q932176 Mammals of Russia Carnivorans of Europe Subspecies of Canis lupus Mammals of the Arctic Mammals described in 1792 Fauna of Siberia