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
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!
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)