Quick Facts
The wolves of Yellowstone and WolfQuest are gray wolves (Canis lupus).
Gray wolves are the largest of the canid (dog) family and have keen senses of sight, hearing, and smell.
Wolves can sprint 50–60 kph (30–40 mph)
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The gray wolf (canis lupus) is a top predator and one of three canids found in Yellowstone National Park. About 100 wolves roam the Lamar Valley, dining on elk, bison, moose, deer, and other prey. Wolves have keen senses of sight, hearing, and smell. The life of a wolf is dangerous and wild wolves usually don't live more than 4-5 years.
The wolves of Yellowstone and WolfQuest are gray wolves (Canis lupus).
Gray wolves are the largest of the canid (dog) family and have keen senses of sight, hearing, and smell.
Wolves can sprint 50–60 kph (30–40 mph)
more QUICK FACTS
You are a two-year old gray wolf. Other (non-player character) wolves in the game are:
More about WOLVES in WOLFQUEST
Wolf packs are complex social families, most often made up of one dominant breeding pair and other subordinate wolves, usually adult offspring.
Learn about PACK LIFE
Wolves evolved as a predator of large hoofed mammals. A tightly organized social structure enables them to work cooperatively to bring down prey that are much larger than themselves.
Learn about HUNTING
Wolves were eradicated from the Yellowstone National Park until 1995-96, when 41 wild wolves were released, reintroducing this important predator to the ecosystem. Wolf numbers have fluctuated between 61 and 108 wolves since 2009.
Learn about WOLF REINTRODUCTION
Learn more about North American GRAY WOLF SUBSPECIES
The red wolf (Canis rufus) is distinguished from the gray wolf (Canis lupus) and the coyote (Canis latrans) by size and coloring. Now endangered, red wolves were once well established as a top predator throughout the Southeast.
Learn about the RED WOLF
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