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302M (also known as "The Casanova") 926F (Spitfire) - daughter of O-Six; Custer Wolf; Dogor, preserved specimen; Hexham wolf; Lobo the King of Currumpaw; Old Gray Guy - Isle Royale immigrant who genetically rescued the inbred population of wolves of the Island; OR-7 (also known as "Journey") [male] O-Six (also known as "The 06 Female" or 832F ...
The wolverine's questionable reputation as an insatiable glutton (reflected in its Latin genus name Gulo, meaning "glutton") may be in part due to a false etymology.The less common name for the animal in Norwegian, fjellfross, meaning "mountain cat", is thought to have worked its way into German as Vielfraß, [5] which means "glutton" (literally "devours much").
The so-called "eastern coyote" of northeastern North America probably originated in the aftermath of the extermination of gray and eastern wolves in the northeast, thus allowing coyotes to colonize former wolf ranges and mix with the remnant wolf populations. This hybrid is smaller than either the gray or eastern wolf, and holds smaller ...
Wolves are known as pack animals, but in that first year on Isle Royale, the newly arrived wolves went solo. They were "moving around a lot more, killing smaller prey and being really territorial ...
The wolf (Canis lupus; [b] pl.: wolves), also known as the grey wolf or gray wolf, is a canine native to Eurasia and North America.More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus have been recognized, including the dog and dingo, though grey wolves, as popularly understood, only comprise naturally-occurring wild subspecies.
The majority of wolves are known for dispersing from their birth pack; this makes measuring attachment behavior within the packs difficult. [9] There are cases in which wolves leave their pack, typically when accompanying siblings of the same sex. [9] This behaviour is suggested to be adaptive, which will benefit pack mates in future conflicts. [9]
A newly identified pack of endangered gray wolves is roaming in California’s Sierra Nevada, at least 200 miles away from the nearest known pack, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife ...
Cougars, also known as pumas or mountain lions. Caracals. Servals, excluding hybrids with domestic cats commonly known as savannah cats. Bears. Elephants. Rhinoceroses. Hippopotamuses. Cape buffaloes.