Wolf Size and Color Guide
This page details the size range and common colors for several sub-species of wolf. Note that this does not include information on other canines. Also included are their original ranges, a link to that species on the RP Guide if it exists there, and the scientific name of the species. Let's get started!
In most cases, wolves from northern ranges are larger than wolves from southern areas. Males tend to be larger than females. For these measurements, height is measured from the ground to the top point of the shoulders and length is measured from nose to tail-tip.
More exact measurements as well as relative Secui and Optime sizes can be found on the RP Guide but the author has noted that for the most part, Secui form tends to be about twice as heavy and six to eight inches taller than Lupus form, and Optime tends to be between twenty and thirty-five pounds heavier than Secui and about three feet taller.
Color Key
Please note that these are general; your character does not have to be this exact color.
White
Light Grey
Grey
Dark Grey
Cream
Light Brown
Brown
Cinnamon
Black
Sizes
Small
- Alexander Archipelago Wolf
- 'Canis lupus ligoni''
- Southern Alaska
- Arabian Wolf
- Canis lupus arabs
- Middle East
- Steppe Wolf
- Canis lupus campestris
- Central Asia
- Mexican Wolf
- Canis lupus baileyi
- Arizona, Texas, Mexico
- Egyptian Wolf?
- Canis lupus lupaster
- Egypt
- Indian Wolf
- Canis lupus pallipes
- India, Iran
- Iberian Wolf
- Canis lupus signatus
- Northern Spain
Medium
- Buffalo Wolf?
- Canis lupus nubilis
- Southern Manitoba/Saskatchewan to Texas
- Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf
- Canis lupus irremotus
- Northern Rocky Mountains
- Cascade Mountain Wolf?
- Canis lupus fuscus
- Oregon, Washington state
- Vancouver Island Wolf
- Canis lupus crassodon
- Vancouver Island
- Hudson Bay Wolf
- Canis lupus hudsonicus
- Hudson Bay area
- Labrador Wolf
- Canis lupus labradorius
- Québec, Labrador
- Baffin Island Tundra Wolf?
- Canis lupus manningi
- Baffin Island
- Central Russian Wolf?
- Canis lupus communis
- Central Russia
- Caspian Sea Wolf
- Canis lupus cubanensis
- Caspian Sea area
- Italian Wolf
- Canis lupus italicus
- Italy
- Tibetan Wolf
- Canis lupus laniger
- China, Mongolia, Tibet
- Austro-Hungarian Wolf?
- Canis lupus minor
- Austria, Hungary
- Red Wolf
- Canis rufus rufus
- Southeastern United States
- Simien Wolf?
- Canis lupus simensis
- Ethiopia
Large
- Mackenzie Valley Wolf
- Canis lupus occidentalis
- Northwest Territories, north Alberta
- British Columbian Wolf
- Canis lupus columbianus
- British Columbia
- Tundra Wolf
- Canis lupus albus
- Northern Eurasia
- Eastern Timber Wolf
- Canis lupus lycaon
- Eastern United States
- Arctic Wolf
- Canis lupus arctos
- Canadian arctic islands
- Interior Alaskan Wolf
- Canis lupus pambasileus
- Central Alaska
- Alaskan Tundra Wolf
- Canis lupus tundrarum
- Far northern Alaskan state