Gray Wolf
By: K.S
Description
- Males weigh 70-145 pounds(Nat. Wildfire. Fed)
- Females weigh 60-100 (Nat. Wildfire. Fed)
- Fur color can very from creamy white, reddish-brown, gray and black (Wiki)
- Body length is 4-5 ft long (TX. PK. Wildfire)
- Live up to 15 years in captivity, wild 8-13 (Nat. Wildfire. Fed)
- Front paws have 5 toes back have 4 (Wiki)
Food Chain and Habitat
- Carnivores
- Eat large herbivores like deer, elk, moose, and caribou (Def. of. Wild)
- Can eat up to 20 pounds of food in one meal
- Found in forest, woodland, bush lands, and grasslands (TX. PK. Wildfire)
- Located in Alaska and northern Michigan, Wisconsin, and Idaho
- Also in Yellowstone area of Wyoming
Adaption
- Live in packs of 2-15 that can expand to 30 (Nat. Wildfire. Fed)
- Communicate through body language (Wiki)
- Howling can send certain messages (Wiki)
- Has a unique sense of smell (Hare 186)
- Can hear animals from 33 feet away (Hare 186)
Reason for Endangerment & Critical Information
- Conflict with people over livestock (Def. of. Wild)
- Killed to protect livestock (Def. of. Wild)
- Human encroachment, which is habitat loss (Def. of. Wild)
- Unregulated hunting (Sierra Club)
- Negative Stereotypes (Sierra Club)
- People are defending the Endangered Species Act (Sierra Club)
- Securing wolf habitat in the Yellowstone area of Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana (Sierra Club)
- People need to start helping out in any way you can to keep these creatures alive
- You can donate money to the Endangered Animal Foundation to keep these animals safe in this wold