For an individual weak acid or weak base component, see Buffering agent. For uses not related to acid-base chemistry, see Buffer (disambiguation). A buffer solution (more precisely, pH buffer or hydrogen ion buffer) is an aqueous solution consisting of a mixture of a weak acid and its conjugate base, or vice versa.
Wolves are large, predatory canids once common throughout North America, Europe, Africa and Asia, now living mostly in remote wilderness. They are the largest living members of the canid family, which also includes foxes and coyotes.Wolves are the ancestors of all domestic dogs.There are two species of wolves in North America. The smaller species is the red wolf, Canis rufus, which has shorter, redder fur than the gray wolf. The gray wolf, Canis lupus, has thicker fur which is more gray or golden, and is larger than the red wolf.olves are large, predatory canids once common throughout North America, Europe, Africa and Asia, now living mostly in remote wilderness. They are the largest living members of the canid family, which also includes foxes and coyotes.
Japanese wolf - Taxonomy and origin. 1  Before Temminck classified it, it had been long recognized in Japan that Honshu was inhabited by two distinct canids; Åkami (wolf) and yamainu (mountain dog), both of which were described by the herbalist Ono Ranzan in his HonzÅ kÅmoku keimÅ (âAn instructional outline of natural studiesâ) in 1803.