MEXICAN GRAY WOLF BY: ABIGAIL. HABITAT Mountains Forests Grasslands Arizona New Mexico

MEXICAN G

RAY W

OLF

BY :

AB

I GA

I L

HABITAT

Mountains

Forests

Grasslands

Arizona

New Mexico

DESCRIPTION

Color: black , buff , Gray

Weight: 60 to 80 pounds

Size: 4.5 to 5.5

Diet : deer , elk , small mammals , Beef shank , carrion , bores.

YOUNG(OFFSPRING)

4-8 pups

PREDATORS

None Known but humans

HOW MANY LEFT

Less than 200 in zoos and museums and wild

REASONS ITS ENDANGERED

Hunting

Parasites

Diseases

starvation

HOW ARE WE PROTECTING IT?

They are protecting it:

Museums

Zoo's

Wildlife services

OTHER INTERESTING FACTS

A wolf’s sense of smell is a 100 times better than humans sense of smell

A wolfs howl can be heard from 5 miles away

Also called el Lobo

WORK CITED

Cincinnati Zoo( Mexican gray wolf) Internet HYTP;/ Cincinnati .org gray wolf October 29,2012

Seneca Park Zoo// wildscreen internet www.Senaca Park .org (gray wolf) October 29,2012

Chicago Zoo Society (gray wolf) HYTP.Chicago Zoo.org October 29,2012

Columbus Zoo HTTP :// Chicago Zoo.orgmeet our animals./ mammals/default/Mexican Gray Wolf October 29,2012