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- A rare breed indeed, but they are around in southern Arizona! - 50 - 80 pounds, 28 - 32 inches high - The Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi), also known as the lobo mexicano (or, simply, lobo) is a subspecies of gray wolf native to eastern and southeastern Arizona and western and southern New Mexico  and fragmented areas of northern Mexico - Its ancestors were likely among the first gray wolves to enter North America after the extinction of the Beringian wolf - Though once held in high regard in Pre-Columbian Mexico, Canis lupus baileyi became the most endangered gray wolf subspecies in North America, having been extirpated in the wild during the mid-1900s through a combination of hunting, trapping, poisoning and the removal of pups from dens, mainly out of fear, by livestock herders and ranch owners - After being listed officially under the Endangered Species Act in 1976, both the United States and Mexico collaborated to capture all lobos remaining in the wild ... this extr...