Wolf Facts - Your Online Source for Information on Wolves
• Wolf facts tell us that a wolf can weigh between 40 and 175 pounds.
• Wolves can run up to 35 mph for short spurts.
• Wolves live, on average, six to eight years in the wild. They can live thirteen to seventeen years in captivity.
• A wolf has 42 teeth.
• Wolves are on the Federal Endangered Species List.
• Wolves have very large feet, generally in the range of five inches long by four inches wide.
• Wolf facts indicate that the average size of a litter is six pups.
• Wolf pups only have a 50% survival rate.
• The wolf’s biggest threats are being killed by humans and loss of habitat, also caused by humans.
• Wolf pups weigh around a pound when they are born and cannot hear or see.
• A wolf eats deer, moose, bison, beaver, elk, caribou and muskoxen.
• Wolves only breed once a year. In cold locations, pups are born as late as June, while in warmer environments, pups can be born as early as late February.
• A wolf pack usually only contains six to eight wolves.
• In the United States, a wolf pack hunts within a twenty-five to one-hundred-fifty square mile range. In larger open areas, such as in Canada, the square mile area can be up to twice that size.
• Wolf facts show that the gestation period for the female wolf is 63 days.
• The two types of wolves in North America are the gray wolf and the red wolf.
• The gray wolf has several sub-species, including the timber wolf, the Mexican wolf, the Rocky Mountain wolf, and the Arctic wolf.
• Every wolf pack has a pecking order with the Alpha wolf at the top and the Omega wolf at the bottom. Usually only the Alpha male and female breed.
The wolf and the dog are in the same family. The timber wolf is the largest wild member of the dog family.
• You can tell a wolf’s intent by his tail movements, whether submissive, aggressive, fearful, etc. His facial expressions and hair also indicate these attitudes.
• Wolf facts indicate that their sense of smell is over 100 times as strong as that of a human.
• Wolves greet one another by howling.
• Wolves normally travel at a trot, which is around five miles per hour.
• Every wolf pack has strong family bonds. The entire pack helps take care of the young.
• In the United States, red wolves are named by their geographic location. These are Florida Red Wolf, Texas Red Wolf, and Mississippi Red Wolf.
• Wolves kill other animals solely as a means of survival.
• The bonds in a wolf pack are very strong.
• Wolfs eat around twenty pounds of meat at a time.
• In the lower 48 states, northern Minnesota has the most wolves.
• Wolves generally travel eight to ten miles a day, though they can go anywhere from 30 to 125 miles.