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Chapters: Gray Wolf, Rat, Mosquito, Gecko, Black Rat, Coyote, Columbidae, Moose, Virginia Opossum, Raccoon, House Sparrow, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Red Fox, Cockroach, White-Tailed Deer, Black Drongo, Feral Cat, Crow, Common Myna, House Mouse, Asian Koel, Garter Snake, European Magpie, Oriental Magpie Robin, Feral Pigeon, Black-Rumped Flameback, Oriental Garden Lizard, Asian Palm Civet, House Crow, Urban Wildlife, Rat Snake, Gray Langur, London Underground Mosquito, Spotted Dove, Pariah Dog, Free-Ranging Urban Dog, Indian Palm Squirrel, Seneca White Deer, Stray Dogs in Bangkok, Lesser Bandicoot Rat, Purple-Faced Langur, Small Indian Civet, Greater Bandicoot Rat, Feral Chicken, Gazelle Valley, Semi-Feral. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 416. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The gray wolf or grey wolf (Canis lupus), often known simply as the wolf, is the largest wild member of the Canidae family. It is an ice age survivor originating during the Late Pleistocene around 300,000 years ago. DNA sequencing and genetic drift studies reaffirm that the gray wolf shares a common ancestry with the domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris). Although certain aspects of this conclusion have been questioned, the main body of evidence confirms it. A number of other gray wolf subspecies have been identified, though the actual number of subspecies is still open to discussion. Gray wolves are typically apex predators in the ecosystems they occupy. Though once abundant over much of Eurasia and North America, the gray wolf inhabits a very small portion of its former range because of widespread destruction of its territory, human encroachment, and the resulting human-wolf encounters that sparked broad extirpation. Even so, the gray wolf is regarded as being of least concern for extinction according to the Inte...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=33702 ... Read more