Where does the gray wolf live?

Canis lupus has 218,593 records in 207 countries and territories, from 1575 to 2026. Most records come from France.

218,593 records
207 places
300 years recorded
Mammalia class

AnimaliaChordataMammaliaCarnivoraCanidaeCanis

When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

15752026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

Place	Records	Share
France	56,179
Australia	49,738
Switzerland	15,112
Norway	11,877
United States	10,580
Israel	8,412
Chile	7,299
Colombia	7,249
Spain	5,886
Canada	3,830
Mexico	3,444
Germany	2,960
Italy	2,719
India	2,594
Portugal	2,462
Belgium	2,343
Russia	2,335
Netherlands	2,007
Poland	1,851
Sweden	1,767
Ukraine	1,564
Denmark	1,039
Uzbekistan	990
Estonia	951
Finland	873
Thailand	870
Türkiye	758
Iran	737
China	656
Luxembourg	583
Taiwan	546
Brazil	532
New Zealand	499
Costa Rica	327
Japan	322
Austria	312
Kuwait	292
Philippines	291
Argentina	260
Egypt	225

Showing the top 40 of 207 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Canidae.

Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.