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Species:
There are two species of wolf, red wolf and gray wolf. The gray wolf has many subspecies though.
Canis lupus baileyi - Mexican wolf
Canis lupus nubilus - Great Plains/Buffalo wolf
Canis lupus occidentalis - Rocky Mountain wolf/Mackenzie Valley wolf.
Canis lupus lycaon - Timber Wolf
Canis lupus arctos - Arctic Wolf
Weight:
Adult female gray wolves in northern Minnesota weigh between 50 and 85 pounds, and adult males between 70 and 110 pounds. Gray wolves are larger in the northwestern United States, Canada, and Alaska where adult males weigh 85 to 115 pounds and occasionally reach 130 pounds.
Adult female red wolves weigh 40 to 75 pounds, while males weigh from 50 to 85 pounds.
Size:
The average length (tip of nose to tip of tail) of an adult female gray wolf is 4.5 to 6 feet; adult males average 5 to 6.5 feet. The average height (at the shoulder) of a gray wolf is 26 to 32 inches.
The average length (tip of nose to tip of tail) of an adult red wolf is 4.5 to 5.5 feet. The average height (at the shoulder) of an adult red wolf is about 26 inches.
Age:
Gray wolves in the wild have an average life span of 6 to 8 years, but have been known to live up to 13 years in the wild and 16 years in captivity. Red wolves in the wild have an average life span of 8 to 9 years, but have been known to live up to 12 years in the wild and 16 years in captivity.
Litters:
An average litter size for gray and red wolves is 4 to 6, but several may die if natural prey is not readily available.
Pups:
| Age | Significant
Development | Development
Period | Growth
Period | Approximate
Weight (lbs) | | Birth | - | Neonatal | Maximal Growth | 0.5-1.0 | | 11 - 15 Days | Eyes Open | Transition | - | 3.5 | | 20 Days | Hearing Begins | Period of Socialization
Begins | - | 7.0 | | 21 Days | First Emergence
From Den | - | - | - | | 35 Days | Weaning | - | - | 13.0 | | 8 - 10 weeks | Pups abandon den
& live in temporary
rendezvous sites | - | - | 15.0-22.0 | | 11 weeks | - | Juvenile | - | 20.0-30.0 | | 14 weeks | - | - | Rapid Growth | 25.0-45.0 | | 16 - 26 weeks |
Milk teeth replaced;
winter pelage
becomes apparent | - | - | 28.0-70.0 | | 27 - 32 weeks | Pups travel with
the pack | - | Slow growth | 30.0-80.0 | | 1 year | - | - | End of bone growth | 60.0-100.0 | | 22 months | Able to Breed | Adulthood | - | - |
All information used is from Wolf Song Alaska, Encarta, and The International Wolf Center. More pup information avaiable here.
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