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
Main Author: Mech, L. David
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2014
Subjects:
Canis lupus
Gray Wolf
Arctic Hare
Lepus arcticus
learning
feeding
Ellesmere Island
Nunavut
Animal Sciences
Behavior and Ethology
Biodiversity
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Environmental Policy
Life Sciences
Recreation
Parks and Tourism Administration
Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology
Arctic
Canada
Arctic hare
gray wolf
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usgsnpwrc/355
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/usgsnpwrc/article/1341/viewcontent/Mech_CFN_2014_A_Gray_Wolf_delivers_live_prey.pdf
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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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