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Within the wolf pack, the breeding pair or the dominant breeding pair (in packs with multiple breeders), often referred to in familiar language as the "alpha pair" or the "alpha wolves", are typically the members of the family unit which breed and produce offspring; they are the matriarch and patriarch of the family. [15]
He was born in 2000 to the Leopold alpha wolves #7F and #2M and was a nephew to famous Druid alpha wolf #21M (#7F's half brother). [1] He dispersed from the pack in 2003 and mingled with the Druid Peak Pack dominant breeding pair's (wolves #21M & #42F) daughters during the breeding season of 2003. Whilst 21M was in charge he raised a litter.
This is a list of famous individual wolves, pairs of wolves, or wolf packs. For a list of wolf subspecies, see Subspecies of Canis lupus . For a list of all species in the Canidae family, several of which are named "wolves", see list of canids .
Later research on wild gray wolves revealed that the pack is usually a family consisting of a breeding pair and their offspring of the previous 1–3 years. In the article, Mech wrote that the use of the term "alpha" to describe the breeding pair adds no additional information, and is "no more appropriate than referring to a human parent or a ...
Wolf OR-7 became the first wolf west of the Cascades in Oregon since the last bounty was claimed in 1947. [139] Oregon's wolf population increased to 77 wolves in 15 packs with 8 breeding pairs as of the end of 2015. [125] As a result, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife proposed to delist wolves from their protected species list. [140]
An endangered Mexican wolf captured last weekend after wandering hundreds of miles from Arizona to New Mexico is now being readied for a dating game of sorts as part of federal reintroduction efforts.
Nevertheless, there is at least one record of an African wolf pack adopting a male Ethiopian wolf. [60] African wolves will feed alongside spotted hyenas, though they will be chased if they approach too closely. Spotted hyenas will sometimes follow wolves during the gazelle fawning season, as wolves are effective at tracking and catching young ...
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