2. The wolf is a species of mammal The wolves were long ago abundant and the species
was distributed by North America Though it is classified as a species little threatened
for his extinction, in some regions, including the continental part of the United States
of America, it is listed like in danger or threatened. The wolves are hunted in many
areas of the world by the threat that they represent for the cattle, as well as by sport.
3. Food habits The wolves feed principally of ungulates of average and great size,
including sheeps, goats, and porks. Other dams include marine mammals as the
seals The cannibalism between the wolves has been documented in times of food
shortage. The solitary wolves depend more of small animals that they can hunt
jumping on them and holding them with his front legs, An alone wolf can eat
between 3,2 to 3,5 kilos of food of once, though 13 can manage to eat to 15 kg
when they are hungry. The annual needed food is of about 1,5 tons of meat.
4. When the female alpha is in period of receptividad sexually, which happens once per
year and lasts from 5 to 14 days, she and his pair will spend a great quantity of time
isolated. The feromonas in the urine of the female and the hinchamiento of his vulva
will inform the macho of the situation of the female. This one is not receptive the first
days of the cycle estral during which it will lose the internal covering of his uterus. The
penis of the macho has in his interior a bony formation known as bone peneano or
support staff which has the function to facilitate the initial penetration the female,
beside supporting the inflexibility before the complete erection
5. The reproductive instinct drives to the young wolves out of his herds of birth, going
in search of pair and territories. The dispersion happens in all the moments of the
year, being typically of wolves that have reached the sexual maturity in the epoch
of previous reproduction. During the epoch of matching, the reproduction does
that the wolves are very affectionate being anticipated to the feminine cycle of
ovulation.
