Largest wild canids

This is a list of the species of Canidae ordered by average weights of adult individuals in the wild. It does not include canid hybrids or any domesticated animals. Only wild species of canids are included, all of which are described as species by authentic sources.

List
RankSpeciesBinomial nameImageWeight
range (kg)		Maximum
weight (kg)		Length
range (m)		Maximum
length (m) [lower-alpha 1]		Shoulder
height (cm)		Native range by continent(s)Range map
1 WolfCanis lupus14–65[1]79[2]
86[3]
103 [4]		1.4-1.90[5]2.13[6]-2.5[7][8]97North America and Eurasia
2 Red wolfCanis rufus23-3940[9]1.2-1.65[10]1.7 [11]80North America
3 Eastern wolf Canis lycaon23-3036.7[12]0.91-1.651.8[13] 70North America
4 Maned wolfChrysocyon brachyurus20-3036[14]1.5-1.8 [15][16]1.9 [17]107South America
5 African wild dogLycaon pictus20-30[18]36[19]1.10-1.40[20]1.5 [21]75Africa
6 CoyoteCanis latrans8-2033.91[22]1.0-1.3[23]1.5 [24]70North America
7 DholeCuon alpinus10-21250.9-1.3 [25]1.45 [26]56Asia
8 Ethiopian wolfCanis simensis11-1920[27]1.1-1.4[28]1.45 [29][30]62Africa
9 Red foxVulpes vulpes2-1417.2[31]0.76-1.4[32]1.5 [33]50North America, Eurasia, Africa
10 African wolfCanis lupaster7-14151.2-1.4[34] [35]1.50 [36]40Africa

See also
Wikispecies has information related to Reptilia.

Notes
  1. This refers to the length including the tail. Note that lengths given as "between the pegs" generally include the tail.

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