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Arctic Wolf By Brittany Bossman

Classifacation

Kingdom-AnimiliaPhylum-ChordataOrder-CornivoraFamily-Canidae

Genus-CanisSpeices-lupus

Subspeices-hudsonius  

Description

- Length: 3-5 feet from tip of nose to tip of tail- Height: 25-31 inches to shoulder- Weight:   Male:  90-175 pounds  Female:  slightly less- Shape:  Thick pads on their feet. they have a short muzzle, small ears, short legs, and a bulky body.- they are offwhite in the winter and tan to grey in the sumer monthshttp://www.arkive.org/grey-wolf/canis-lupus/video-10.html

Habitat

-Alaska, Canada, Asia, and Europe -Arctic tundra

   *temps. rarely reach above -33°c (-22°f) 

DietMEAT:  they eat most of the animal     - arctic hare      - musk oxen      - caribou      - lemmings      - birdshttp://www.arkive.org/grey-wolf/canis-lupus/video-ar00.htmlhttp://www.arkive.org/grey-wolf/canis-lupus/video-ar08b.htmlhttp://www.arkive.org/grey-wolf/canis-lupus/video-ar08c.htmlhttp://www.arkive.org/grey-wolf/canis-lupus/video-oc00.html

PLANTS    - none     i. they are carnivores          

Offspring- Litters of 4-7 pups each weighing about a pound each.- The mother has a gestation period of 6 days.- The pups are blind, deaf, and helpless at birth.- All pups are born with blue eyes.- They find a cave or a den to give birth in.http://www.arkive.org/grey-wolf/canis-lupus/video-ar17l

Socail Behavior

- normally only the dominant male and female mate, but all of the members of the pack help care for the pups- they return to the same den to mate and to give birth year after year- they tend to have the same mate their entire life-hunt in packs 

Temperment

They are very protective of the pups!They can be very territorial!They are stubborn!They are agressive! 

                      CAUTION:                        EXTREMLY DANGEROUS!

History

First discovered in 1827 1907- First arctic wolf was captured

Enemies of the arctic wolf

- snowy owlhttp://www.arkive.org/grey-wolf/canis-lupus/video-ar11.html

- eagles- humans- grizzly bears- polar bears- wolverines- and sometimes their prey (the ones with antlers)

Relationships to Humans

Wild wolves have always seen humans as a threat.Most humans fear wolves.  

Resources

http://www.bearcountryusa.comhttp://www.denverzoo.org/animals/arcticWolf.asp http://www.arkive.comhttp://www.squido.com/wolves http://www.answers.com/topic/arctic-wolf-1http://www.cosmosmith.com/arctic_wolves.html