vs gray wolf

Chitinophaga sancti compared with Canis lupus

Key Differences

is Not Evaluated while gray wolf is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		gray wolf
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Bacteroidota (バクテロイデス門)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Bacteroidia (バクテロイデス綱)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order	Chitinophagales (Chitinophagales)	Carnivora (ネコ目)
Family	Chitinophagaceae	Canidae (Dogs & Wolves)
Genus	Chitinophaga	Canis (Dogs & Wolves)
Species	Chitinophaga sancti	Canis lupus

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

gray wolf

CR — Critically Endangered

Population: ~300.0K

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		gray wolf
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	13 years
Average Length	—	1.6 m
Average Weight	—	45.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

gray wolf

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 13 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (Japan), Europe (5 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, Vanuatu), and South America (5 countries). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Chitinophaga sancti is a soil-dwelling bacterium within the genus Chitinophaga, family Chitinophagaceae, phylum Bacteroidota. The genus Chitinophaga encompasses a diverse group of Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped to filamentous bacteria with a defining metabolic hallmark: the ability to degrade chitin using secreted chitinase enzymes. Chitin is a ubiquitous biopolymer in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, forming the structural component of fungal cell walls, nematode egg shells, and insect and crustacean exoskeletons. By mineralising chitin, Chitinophaga species play an indispensable role in releasing bound nitrogen and carbon back into bioavailable forms in the soil. C. sancti, like other members of this genus, exhibits gliding motility — a form of movement across solid surfaces without flagella — and typically forms flat, spreading colonies with a characteristic pigmentation on laboratory culture media. Its name may reference a type locality or the specific source environment from which it was described. As a prokaryote, this species is not evaluated under IUCN criteria, which apply to eukaryotic organisms of conservation concern. Nevertheless, soil bacterial diversity including species like C. sancti represents a vital but often overlooked dimension of biodiversity, underpinning ecosystem services upon which agriculture and natural ecosystems depend.

gray wolf

最も広い分布域を持つ野生のイヌ科動物であるハイイロオオカミは、北アメリカからユーラシアにかけてのツンドラ、森林、草原などの多様な生息地に分布します。優位な繁殖ペアに率いられた家族単位の群れで生活する高度に社会的な動物です。キーストーン捕食者として獲物個体群を調整し、生態系の構造を根本的に形成することは、イエローストーンでの再導入により実証されています。かつて激しく迫害されましたが、多くの地域で個体群は回復しつつあります。