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The Mexican Wolf is the most endangered subspecies of Grey Wolf in North America. They're native to southeastern Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and northern Mexico. They're smaller and darker in colour than other North American subspecies of the Grey Wolf. Despite their small size, being around as large as a German Shepherd, and small pack size, they usually hunt elk and deer but also smaller mammals such as peccary, rabbits and mice.

Much like all other wolf species, the Mexican Wolf is highly social and lives in packs consisting of the alpha pair and their young offspring up to one or two years of age. Puppies are kept safe in dens dug by their parents. Prior to the discovery of the Americas by Columbus, the wolf was considered a symbol of the sun and war in Mexico, often used in religious and burial rituals.

Mexican Grey Wolves, also called "El Lobo", was almost hunted to extinction to protect the livestock of farmers in the southwest. Starting in the late 1800s, humans nearly completely exterminated the species through the use of poisons, traps and rifles until it was listed in the Endangered Species Act in 1976. Conservation efforts began through capturing all wild Mexican Wolves to more efficiently breed and protect them in captivity.

Four males and a pregnant female were captured alive and, through the extensive breeding program, eleven specimen were released back into the wild 22 years later in 1998. As of last year, there are around 400 living Mexican Wolves, roughly 150 of which living in the wild still threatened by illegal poaching, though populations overall are rising and recovering.

Mexican Wolfs Kemono Friends counterpart only appeared in the Nexon Mobile Game so far. Her hair and bushy tail are grey. She wears a brown shirt with a pink ribbon, a pink plaid skirt, and cream boots. She is on the run from a "mysterious Organization" chasing her, Hokkaido Wolf and Dhole. Hokkaido Wolf protects her two friends and the small Mexican Wolf aspires to be as strong as her one day.