Its a boy. Even though the back of his head looks like it has a ponytail, it's not. The minifigure also shows that no such ponytail is present and the figure looks masculine rather than feminine. Therefore, he is male.
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Minecraft is supposed to be genderless. A horse can be either a boy or a girl if you want it to.
The animals in Minecraft do not have genders. Any two individuals are a viable breeding pair.
As of now, you can not tell if a wolf in Minecraft is a girl or a boy. There are some texture packs that do make wolves look like girls or boys though.
You change your skin. go to planetminecraft.com to change your skin. For the record, minecraft characters are asexual and therefore have no gender.
The animals do not have genders - when breeding, any two individuals are a viable couple.