Wildlife Project

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Wildlife Project

• Timber/Gray Wolf

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History

• Gray wolves inhabited areas from the southern
  swamps to the northern tundra.
• They existed wherever there was an abundance of
  food supply. As the continent was settled, wolves
  declined in numbers and became more restricted in
  range.

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History continued.

• In the 1830s there was an estimated population
  of 3,000-5,000 wolves. In 1865 the WI legislature
  passed a state bounty offering 5 for every wolf
  killed. 1900 there were no wolves left in the
  southern two-thirds of the state. In 1974 they
  were protected by the Endangered Species Act.

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Classification

• Kingdom - Animalia Phylum chordata
  Class - Mammalia subclass - Eutheria Order -
  Carnivora Family - Canidae Genus - Canis Grey
  Wolf - Canis LupisRed Wolf - Canis
  RufusDomestic Dog Canis FamiliarisDingo -
  Canis familiaris dingoCoyote - Canis latrans

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Breeds/Groups/Pop.

• Current population in WI is approximately 800
  (2011)

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Breeds/Groups/Pop. Continued.

• There is only one breed of wolf that lives in WI,
  which is the Gray wolf or Timber wolf.

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Nutrition

• Wolves eat
• deer
• beaver
• rabbits

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Nutrition continued.

• During the summer they eat smaller mammals such
  as.
• Mice
• Squirrels
• Muskrats.

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Health

• The diet of wolves is comprised of ..
• 55 white-tailed deer
• 16 beavers
• 10 snowshoe hares
• 19 mice, squirrels muskrats and other small
  mammals.
• Deer comprise over 80 of the diet most of the
  year.

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Diseases

• Distemper
• Rabies
• Parvovirus

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Diseases continued

• Distemper and parvovirus are not contagious to
  humans, but rabies is. Rabies can not be cured,
  but can be prevented if you have a vaccine before
  it occurs.

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Habitat

• The Timber Wolf lives in the northern part of
  Wisconsin.

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Habitat continued

• Wolves travel in a pack of 6 to 10, which is why
  they live in a large area. The pack can cover
  between 20-120 miles.

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Reproduction

• In WI wolves breed in late winter. After a 9 week
  pregnancy the female will have one litter a year
  with 5 to 6 pups.

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Reproduction cycle

• The reproduction cycle starts when the alpha male
  and the dominant female leave the pack. Within 5
  to 7 days the female becomes pregnant and will
  have her litter in about nine weeks. Next year
  the same thing will happen in late winter, with
  the dominant male and female, and this cycle will
  continue on.

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References

• http//dnr.wi.gov/org/land/er/factsheets/mammals/w
  olf.htmBreeding20Biology
• http//www.searchingwolf.com/w_dis.htm
• http//www.timberwolfinformation.org/kidsonly/wolf
  web/wolf1.htm
• http//images.google.com/images?svnum10hlenlr
  qgreywolf

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Difference between wolf and coyote

• The main difference between a wolf and a coyote
  is that a wolf is much larger. Wolves have
  narrower chests and longer legs. A coyote can
  weigh anywhere from 20 to 30 pounds, but a wolf
  will weigh 50 to 100 pounds. Both howl, but a
  coyote has a higher pitched howl and will change
  its tone more than a wolf.

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Wolf..Coyote
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Wolf/Coyote comparison