The red wolf (Canis rufus) is a critically endangered wolf native to the southeastern United States. He is probably the rarest wolf in the world with a population estimate of 20 – 22 wild wolves and a captive Red Wolf population of 263. The red wolf's classification as being a separate species from the gray wolf has been contentious for nearly a century, being classified either as a subspecies of the gray wolf, or a coywolf (a genetic admixture of wolf and coyote).He was finally declared his own