The Himalayan wolf may represent an ancient line of isolated wolves, made up of a small population of about 350 animals. They live in an area of 70,000 km2 in the Trans-Himalayan region of Northern India and Kashmir. In recent genetic studies it’s been found that the Himalayan wolf split from the Grey wolf approximately 800,000 years ago, before wolves were domesticated to become dogs, during this period the Himalayan region was going through major geologic and climatic upheaval, which is what is thought to have keep the Himalayan wolf isolated.
They are light tan in color and grey in colour, with white or black around the face and along the chest. They eat small to medium sized rodents and rabbits but will sometimes hunt small ungulates when they have the chance. There is very little else known about this wolf at the moment.