A Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) delivers live prey to a pup

A two-year-old sibling Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) carefully captured an Arctic Hare (Lepus arcticus) leveret alive on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada, and delivered it alive to a pup 28–33 days old. This appears to be the first observation of a Gray Wolf delivering live prey to a pup.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Canadian Field-Naturalist
Main Author: Mech, L. David
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 2014
Subjects:
Canis lupus
Gray Wolf
Arctic Hare
Lepus arcticus
learning
feeding
Ellesmere Island
Nunavut
Arctic
Canada
Arctic hare
gray wolf
Online Access:https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1584
https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v128i2.1584
Description
Summary:A two-year-old sibling Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) carefully captured an Arctic Hare (Lepus arcticus) leveret alive on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada, and delivered it alive to a pup 28–33 days old. This appears to be the first observation of a Gray Wolf delivering live prey to a pup.

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