Wolf (disambiguation)

Wolf or wolves may refer to:

Animals

Canid species

The word wolf (wolves in the plural) commonly refers to larger members of the dog family of animals. Wolf/wolves most properly refers to the species called the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) and all of its many subspecies, except the domestic dog and the dingo. Some experts have suggested that the following four subspecies of Canis lupus be recognized as separate canid species:

• Eastern Wolf (North America)
• Himalayan Wolf
• Indian Wolf
• Red Wolf (Southeastern USA)

Other canids species called wolf/wolves:

• Ethiopian Wolf Unique Canis species
• Maned Wolf, Unique South American Canid species
• The term "Prairie wolf" is rarely used for the Coyote
• The term "Reed wolf" is sometimes used for the European jackal
• The term "Egyptian wolf" is sometimes used for the Egyptian jackal, a larger than average subspecies of golden jackal.
• The term "Timber Wolf" is applied to any wolf which inhabits forested areas.

Other animals

• Marsupial Wolf has been a common name for the Thylacine, an extinct Australian mammal.

People and characters

There are many notable people and characters called Wolf:

See Wolf (name), including surnames, given names, and nicknames.

Sports teams

• A.S. Roma, Italian football club, known as the Wolves (in Italian, i Lupi)
• Chicago Wolves, American minor league ice hockey team
• Dublin Wolves, Irish ice hockey team
• Los Angeles Wolves, former American professional soccer team
• Manchester Wolves, American minor league arena football team
• Portugal national rugby union team, known as the "Wolves" (in Portuguese, "Lobos")
• Sudbury Wolves, Canadian junior ice hockey team
• Traverse City Wolves, semi-professional American football team
• Warrington Wolves, English rugby league team
• Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., English football team, commonly known as "Wolves"
• Wolverhampton Wolves, English motorcycle speedway team
• Minnesota Timberwolves, NBA Western Conference Northwest Division professional basketball team based at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• NC State Wolfpack, mascot for the sports teams of North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina.
• Nevada Wolf Pack, mascot for the sports teams of the University of Nevada, Reno in northern Nevada.

Places

Municipalities

• Wolf, California
  • Wolf, Fresno County, California
  • Wolf, Nevada County, California
• Wolf, Wyoming, community in the USA
• "Wolves", common nickname for Wolverhampton, England

Geographical features

• Wolf (volcano), active volcano in the Galápagos Islands, (last eruption 1982)
• The Wolves, two trecherous rocks in the Bristol Channel, UK

Astronomy

There are many celestial objects named for astronomer Max Wolf:they are asome

• Wolf 359, star in the constellation of Leo
• Wolf 424, star in the constellation of Virgo
• Wolf 562, star in the constellation of Libra
• Wolf 635, star in the constellation of Ophiuchus
• Wolf 1061, star in the constellation of Ophiuchus
• Wolf 1329, star in the constellation of Aquarius
• Wolf (crater), on the moon
• Wolf (Comet), any of two or three comets

Vehicles

Military vehicles

• Wolf Armoured Vehicle, Israeli produced armored personnel carrier
• "Wolf" is the military designation for the Mercedes-Benz G-Class in the German Bundeswehr.
• Land Rover Wolf, a military utility vehicle in service with UK Armed Forces and the Dutch Marine Corps

Ships

• HMS Wolf, the name of numerous ships of the British Royal Navy
• SMS Wolf, an armed merchant raider of the German Imperial Navy in World War I
• USS Alfred Wolf (DE-544), a United States Navy destroyer escort cancelled during construction in 1944
• USS Donald W. Wolf (DE-713), a United States Navy destroyer escort converted during construction into the high-speed transport USS Donald W. Wolf (APD-129)
• USS Donald W. Wolf (APD-129), a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946

Trains

• Wolf (train), a South Devon Railway Eagle class 4-4-0ST steam locomotive

Music

Bands

• Wolf (band), a Swedish heavy metal band
• Wolf (UK band), a UK heavy metal band.
• Darryl Way's Wolf, a British progressive rock band formed by Darryl Way

Albums

• The Wolf (Andrew W.K. album)
• The Wolf (Shooter Jennings album)
• Wolf (Trevor Rabin album)
• Wolf (Wolf album)
• Wolves (Idiot Pilot album)

Songs

• "Wolf", a song by Nash the Slash from his album Children of the Night
• "Wolf", a song by Veruca Salt from their 1994 album American Thighs
• "Wolf" (song), a song by Iced Earth from the 2001 album Horror Show
• "Wolves" (song), from American heavy metal band Machine Head's 2007 album The Blackening
• "The Wolf", a song by The Banner from the album Frailty

Sounds

• Wolf interval, unusual musical interval in music theory
• Wolf tone, a noise produced on some stringed instruments

Radio and television stations

• WOLF (AM), a radio station (1490 AM) Syracuse, New York, United States
• WOLF-FM, a radio station (96.7 FM) Oswego, New York, United States
• WOLF-TV, a television station (channel 56) Hazleton, Pennsylvania, United States
• 107.7 The Wolf, independent station in Wolverhampton, UK
• 99.5 KPLX-FM The Wolf, a country music station in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas

Titles

• Wolf (film), a film starring Jack Nicholson
• Wolf (game), a simulation game where the player takes the a role of a wolf
• Wolf (novel), a children's novel by Gillian Cross
• Wolves (book), a children's book by Emily Gravett
• Wolf, a name by which Lupin III, a manga and anime series, has been known, due to copyright issues.

Others

• Wolf Prize, a science and art award

See also

• List of wolves
• Lone Wolf
• Wolf man
• Wolf pack
• Wolf-whistle
• Wolfe
• Wolof