Werewolf strains by region
So this is a concept I have for my personal Lore. different werewolves resemble native wolf species of the region where that specific line originated for example a infection line originating in Western Europe will likely resemble a European gray wolf a line originating from the Horn of Africa where resemble a Ethiopian wolf. but notably you cannot really use them to identify a werewolf because as lycanthropy is a infection and humans have interacted and spread so widely it's likely to find any variety in any country among any ethnic group even if they may be more common around there point of origin and simple you can't racially profile werewolves. This is also a trait among other lycanthropes in my world building.