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

Auteurs-es

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

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v128i2.1584

Mots-clés :

Canis lupus, Gray Wolf, Arctic Hare, Lepus arcticus, learning, feeding, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut

Résumé

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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Publié-e

2014-07-06

Numéro

Vol. 128 No. 2 (2014)

Rubrique

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