The Great Indian gray wolf is a subspecies of gray wolf that was native to the Himalayan regions of India, Nepal and Bhutan, Mesopotamia, the jungles and deserts of Mongolia. It was about the size of a Belgian Malinois. It was a carnivore like many of today's gray wolf subspecies. It fed on deer, wild pigs, gaurs, serows, tapirs and antelopes and even scavenge elephant and rhinoceros carcasses. They competed with Great Indian dholes, striped hyenas, tigers and leopards. It was once native to India's grasslands, forests and mountains. They were sadly extinct in 1930s due to habitat loss, excessive hunting, poisoning, trapping and livestock predation.
The photograph of the last Great Indian gray wolf in Nepal in 1950
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