Wolf

This is the largest wild member of the Canidae family. They are social predator tat live in nuclear families consisting of a mated pair with monopolicies, foods and breeding rights, followed by their biological offspring and occasionally, adopted subordinates. Wolves are slender, powerfully built animals with large, deeply descending ribcage and slopping backs. Their abdomens are pulled in, and their necks heavely muscled. Their limbs are long and robust, with comparatively small paws. The front paws have five toes each, while the back paws have four. Medium and small sized animals preyed on by wolves includes marmots, hares, badgers, foxes, pole cats, ground squirrels and many more. In wolves the gestation lasts 62-75 days, with pups usually being born in summer period. The average litters consists of 5-6 pups.
Today, wolves are protected in some areas, hunted for sport for others, or may be subject to extermination as perceived threats to livestock and pets.