Wolf Species

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These are all the wolves currently playable on Darkness-Blooms.
Grey wolf (Canis Lupis)
Red wolf (Canis Rufus)
Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis)
Mexican Wolf (Canis lupus baileyi)
Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos)
Eastern Wolf (Canis lupus lycaon)
Eurasian Wolf (Canis lupus lupus)
Italian Wolf (Canis lupus italicus)
Tundra Wolf (Canis lupus albus)
Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)

MacKenzie Valley Wolf (Canis lupus occidentalis)


WOLF FACTS

• It is said that wolves howl at the moon. This is a misconception, as wolves howl for many reasons when they are most active, which is often at night, thus the correlation of howling at the moon was made
  
• Wolves howl to greet one another, to indicate their location, to define their territorial boundaries, and to call the pack together.
  
• They can reach up to 45 mph in short sprints and can run 25 mph for several miles. Their normal trot is at about 5 mph.
  
• The wolf has 42 teeth.
  
• The average litter size for the wolf is 4 to 7 pups.
  
• Wolves will attack intruders (animals, and other wolves) to protect their territory.
  
• The wolf's sense of smell is more than 100 times greater than a human.
  
• A wolf may spend as much as a third of its time on the move.
  
• A wolf's front feet are larger than their back feet.
  
• Packs hunt in territories of up to 600 square miles.
  
• All members of a wolf pack take part in caring for the young.
  
• Wolves are active at all times of the day in winter.
  
• A wolf can consume almost twenty pounds of prey at a feeding.
  
• It is common for wolves to be moving eight to ten hours in a day.