Mexican Grey Wolf
- Domain Eukarya: Everything in this domain can be either single or multicellular. All members in this domain have a nucleus. Cells are relatively round.
- Kingdom Animalia: Everthing is this kingdom are multicellular, they rely on other organism for energy, and their body's are made of cells (besides sponge).
- Phylum Choradata: These animals have 3 germ layers, a full digestive system and bilateral symmetry.
- Subphylum Vertebrata: This group has a backbone and an endoskelaton. Sometimes they have a tail.
- Class Mammalia: These animals have hair, most reproduce sexually, and are mainly characterized by teeth
- Order Carnivora: They have special teeth for cutting meat, they are usually medium-sized, usually have luxurious coats to keep warm.
- Family Canidea:They are medium sized.They are omnivores.Sometimes form packs to hunt and live within.
- Genus Canis: Dogs, Jackals, and Wolves
- Species: Canis lupus
- Height: Grey wolves range from 60 cm to 90 cm from the ground to their shoulders.
- Length: Their total length from tip of the nose to tail is 100 to 130 cm for males, and is around 90 to 120 cm for females.
- Weight: On average grey wolves weigh around 23-80 kg
- Natural Range: Because of humans and deforestation grey wolves are only found in the United States, Alaska, Canada, Mexico (a small population), and Eurasia.
- Diet: Wolves hunt moose, elk, bison, musk oxen, and reindeer.
- Habitat Description: Grey wolves occupy a wide variety of habitats including forest, prairie, arctic tundra and, arid landscapes
- Predators: Wolves main predator is the human. Due to hunting grey wolves have almost gone extinct. Occasionally another wolf of coyote will kill another wolf if it is weak or by itself, as long as the other wolf isn't in that same pack.
Grey Wolves fur blends in with their environment.
Grey wolves occupy large parts of the northern hemisphere and a small part of Mexico.
Wolves hunt large prey in packs.
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