: May 2015
Canadian timber wolf
STATUS
Least Concern
SIZE
Up to 102cm high and 2.1m long. Males of the subspecies typically weigh between 45kg and 80kg with females weighing a bit less.
AGE
Up to 16 years.
HABITAT & DISTRIBUTION
They are a highly adaptable species and can be found in a wide range of habitats from temperate forests, mountains, tundra, taiga and grasslands. There are 36 different subspecies of grey wolf found around the North of America and Eurasia. The ones we have at the Park originate from Alaska and the northern Rocky Mountains of Canada and the United States.
WHAT THEY EAT
Wolves are carnivores and have a varied (meat based!) diet including deer, caribou, musk ox, beaver, sheep, mountain goat, fish, birds, carrion, bison, and small mammals.