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We conclude that wolves and dogs, both kept in packs under the same conditions, can use humans as cooperative partners, and point imperatively in order to receive a desired out-of-reach object. A 6-month-old red wolf (Canis rufus) pup presented for evaluation of progressive thoracic and pelvic limb lameness, joint swelling, and decreased body condition.Our results suggest that wolves, as well as dogs, use ‘showing’ behaviours to indicate a food location to a human partner, and that both can adjust their communication to the cooperativeness of their human partners, showing more indicating signals in the presence of the cooperative partner than in the presence of the competitive one. One partner reacted in a cooperative way and gave the food hidden in the indicated location to the subject whereas the other responded in a competitive way and ate the food herself. In our experiment, we tested wolves and dogs in a task where they could indicate an out-of-reach food location to one of two human partners. The classification of species and subspecies of the wolf is still unclear, although most authors consider that there are 7 species of wolf: gray wolf (Canis lupus), red wolf (Canis rufus), ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis), eastern wolf (Canis lycaon), golden jackal (Canis aureus), himalayan wolf (Canis himalayensis) and indian wolf (Canis indica). Adult wolves socialized with humans can use human-provided information to find food in various situations, but it is unclear whether they would use gaze alternation to show their human partner a target location they cannot reach on their own. The early development of these skills is suggested to have been facilitated by domestication. Generally, wolves are predominately gray or black, and lack the yellowish or reddish. Adult wolves are twice as heavy as adult coyotes, and have a broader muzzle than coyotes. The major identification challenge is distinguishing between wolves, coyotes, and domestic dogs. Dogs have exceptional skills in communicating with humans. Wolves (Canis lupus) are large carnivores in the dog family (Canidae). The red wolf's taxonomic classification as being a separate species, a subspecies of the gray wolf Canis lupus rufus, or a. Its size is intermediate between the coyote (Canis latrans) and gray wolf (Canis lupus). Gaze alternation often accompanies such pointing gestures, and in species that have no hands this can in itself function as imperative pointing. The red wolf (Canis rufus) is a canine native to the southeastern United States. Both human and nonhuman primates use imperative pointing to request a desired object from another individual.