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Wolf By: R.C.M. |
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Kingdom: Animalia
They fit into the animalia because they are warm-blooded. They are multicellular and their cells lack a cell wall. The get food by eating other animals. They are heterotrophs and have complex organs.
Phylum: Chordata
They are placed into the chordata phylum because they have an endoskeleton. They have a complete digestive system. They have a tail, segmented body, including segmented muscles.
Class: Mammalia
They have hair which acts like insulation. The wolf feeds its young with its own milk. They have teeth that are sharp to eat other animals and they are replaced once during the animal's life.
Order: Carnivora
Wolves eat meat and that's the only thing it eats. Have enlarged four upper premolars and first lower molar. Has keen sense of smell and is medium size.
Family: Canidae
The wolves have a lot of endurance. The wolf uses a certain attack that the wolf attacks the neck of its prey. The wolf has a long muzzle.
Genius and Species: Canis and Canis Siemensis
The wolf has sharp teeth for killing prey. Has four legs, fur, has a keen sense of smell, and they also have a keen sense of hearing.
References:
Animal Diversity Web, April 17, 2002.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/canis/c._simensis$narrative.html
In the dark forest
There lurks the howling gray wolf
Its the night watcher.
A pack of gray wolves can travel up to 1000 miles per day.
A usual pack contains 8 to 12 wolves and can travel up to 20 miles per day looking for food.
Many people harbor the romantic misconception that gray wolves mate for life. In fact, a male often will mate with more than one female and vice versa.
Each year thousands of young wolves leave their packs and form new packs.
To ease their travels in the deep snow of winter, gray wolves sometimes follow trails left by snow machines and dog teams. In fact, gray wolf packs prefer packed trails.