What is a gray wolf?

Gray wolf or gray wolf ( Canis lupus , also known as a wooden wolf, or simply a wolf, is the largest wild canide, with a height ranging from 0.6 to 0.95 m (26-38 inches) and weight from 20 to 65 kg (44-150 lb). Eurasie and North America covered with a wide range of colors in the spring or in the summer, including white, red, brown and black.

Highly adaptable, gray wolf can prosper in mild forests, mountains, deserts, taizes, tundra, grassland and some urban areas. Have the longest and strongest snout of wild canides that can be pOut to distinguish from other canides, such as Kojot and jackal, who have a narrower snout. Compared to home dogs (which are categorized as subspecies of gray wolf), they have longer legs, yellow eyes, larger paws and larger teeth. The wolf can bite with £ 1,450 for strength per square inch.

The gray wolf is extremely territorial and quite merciless. The package, which usually consists of a pair and their descendants, hunts together and is able to take off large animals such as Deer or Buffalo. When puppies packs achieve sexual maturity, tension increases and in some cases children kill parents or vice versa. Wolves who act unusual, such as epileptic wolves or wolves injuries, are often killed by members of their packs. A study of wolves in Minnesota found that 14-56% of wolves were caused by the predation of other wolves.