Weight Changes in Wild Wolves, Canis lupus, from Ages 2 to 24 Months

Authors

  • L. David Mech U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, 8711 - 37th Street SE, Jamestown, North Dakota 58401-7317

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v122i2.580

Keywords:

Wolves, Canis lupus, weights, growth, development, Minnesota

Abstract

Weights of 118 female and 141 male Minnesota Wolves (Canis lupus) aged 2-24 months increased almost linearly from about 8 kg for females and 10 kg for males at 3 months to 30 kg for females and 32 kg for males at 10-12 months and then tended to increase much more slowly in an overall curvilinear trend. Considerable variation was apparent for both sexes during their first year.

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Vol. 122 No. 2 (2008)

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