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Post by Blitz on Dec 19, 2009 11:56:50 GMT -5
~Size~ HEIGHT: About 26 inches at shoulders. LENGTH: 4.5-5.5 feet long (including the tail). WEIGHT: 50-80 lbs. ~Breeding~ MATING: Late winter. GESTATION: 60-63 days. # OF YOUNG: 2-8 pups. ~Life Style~ HABIT: Red wolves are primarily nocturnal. DIET: Small mammals such as rabbits and rodents. Also known to eat insects, berries and occasionally deer. LIFESPAN: 6-7 years in the wild; up to 15 years in captivity. ~General Information~ The red wolf is a smaller and a more slender cousin of the gray wolf. It is gray-black, with a reddish cast that gives it the color for which it is named. The red wolf's large ears help it cool down, which is essential in t he often hot and humid climate of the southeastern United States. Red wolves hunt alone or in small packs -- complex social structures that include the breeding adult pair (the alpha male and female) and their offspring. Red wolves tend to form pair-bonds for life. Info found at: www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/wildlife/red_wolf.php
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