The Iberian wolf is a subspecies of wolf endemic to the Iberian Peninsula. Adult males typically weigh between 30 to 40 kg while females weigh 21 to 35 kg, with males reaching 130 to 180 cm in length and females 130 to 160 cm. The Iberian wolf lives in small packs and has a varied diet consisting of wild boar, rabbits, deer, ibex, small carnivores, fish, and sometimes domestic animals like sheep and dogs.

1. By Ander Ubarretxena Trueba

2. Description
• Males reach 130 and 180 cm in lenght,
and females between 130 and 160cm.
The height of the cross can reach 70cm.
Adult males usually weigh between 30 and
40kg and females weigh 21 to 35kg.

3. • They have a large and massive head,
relatively small triangular ears and slanting
yellowish eyes. The muzzle has white
spots on the lips called “moustache”.

4. Diet
• The Iberian wolf lives in small packs.
It is considered to be beneficial because, it
keeps the population of wild boar stable,
thus allowing some respite to the
endangered capercillie populations which
suffers greatly from boar predation.

5. • It also eats rabbits, roe deer, red deer,
ibexes and even small carnivores and fish.

6. In some places it eats domestic animals
such as sheep and dogs.

7. •The Iberian wolf is a
subspecies of wolf
endemic to the
Iberian Peninsula.

8. • During centuries the wolves have
been persecuted by humans. Abused,
poisoned, hunted and chased. This
animal has survived in the Iberian
Peninsula, but still a true unknown. It
is time to chase, this time, to know
better.