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Title: Gray Wolf


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Gray Wolf
  • The gray wolf, also called the timber wolf, is
    the largest of about 41 wild species.
  • Lets Keep Them Around!

2
Habitat
  • Live in many places Arctic tundra, forest, and
    prairie.
  • Now populating Canada, Alaska, Minnesota, and
    other northwest states

3
General Characteristics
  • Size adult 5 to 6.5 feet(127164 cm)nose to
    tail 2636inches high(6590cm)
  • Weight 40175pounds(18 80 kg)
  • Color varies pure white, gray to brown to
    black

4
Diet
  • Caribou, elk, moose
  • Pups eat half digested food.

5
Life Span
  • Ten or more years in the safety of their pack

6
Breeding
  • Toward the end of winter Alpha male and Alpha
    female mate or come together to produce young.
  • The litter is between 48 pups.

7
Skilled Senses
  • Very keen hearing up to 6 miles (10km)
  • Keen sense of smell to help sniff out their prey
  • Good eyesight to sight out danger and food

8
Interesting facts
  • Most common kind of wolf.
  • They live in forested areas then they are called
    timber wolves
  • Very rarely do they hunt alone
  • They can run 34 miles per hour

9
Why is it Endangered
  • They are endangered because poachers kill them
    for their furs.
  • Farmers kill wolves if they catch the wolf
    killing their farm animals which they only do
    when they are sick or old

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By Charlene Quinn
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