Channel Island wolf (SciiFii)

The Channel Island wolf (Canis lupus insularis) is a subspecies of gray wolf that originally did not exist, but has since been created by SciiFii and introduced throughout the Channel Islands, California, to help boost biodiversity. The closest living relative of the Channel Island wolf is the California wolf (Canis lupus californianus). The Channel Island wolf is smaller than the mainland North American gray wolf subspecies, standing around 56–58 centimeters at the withers. The Channel Island wolf has shorter legs than mainland wolves and has a smooth and short coat. The Channel Island wolf is carnivorous like other gray wolf subspecies, and preying mainly on animals smaller than itself, although it can rarely hunt dwarf mammoth calves only when it is hunting in packs. The Channel Island wolf is usually a solitary animal, unlike most other subspecies of gray wolves, due to scarcity of food sources, only rarely coming together to hunt baby dwarf mammoths. The conservation status of the Channel Island wolf is Vulnerable due to some habitat loss and historic poaching, however, thanks to the conservationists, the Channel Island wolf is a protected species.