Karla+Villatoro_Eurasian+Wolf

Common Name/ Scientific Name: The Eurasian Wolf (Canis lupus lupus) isa also known as the Common Wolf, Eupropean Wolf, Carpathian Wolf, Steppes Wolf, Tibetan Wolf, and Chinese Wolf. It is a subspecieces of Gray Wolves.

Natural Habitat/ Location: The Eurasian Wolf is located in most of Eurasia, with a Southern Limit of the Himalayas, the Hindukush, the Koppet Dag, the Caucasus, the Black Sea and the Alps, and a northern limit between 60-70 degrees northern Latitude. It now has been pushed back from Western Europe and Eastern China, surviving mostly in Central Asia. It currently it has the largest range among wolf subspecies and is the most common in Europe and Asia. ranging through Western Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, China, Mongolia, and the Himalaya Mountains.

Niche Characteristics: Size: Thier size varies (according to region) adults stand at 30 inches (76 cm) at the shoulder. They weigh about 70-130 pounds(32-59 kilograms). Females are about 20% smaller then males.

Relationships: They are highly social animals. Though due to a decline in territory, they form smaller packs then in North America. Thier social behavior may vary from region to region.

Reproduction: The alpha male and the female mate between January and March. Litters usually consist of six cubs. They are born about seven weeks after the parents mate in dens near bushes or rocks. The amale brings food back to them either by small pices or by regurgatating it. While the cubs grow the mother and others help feed them.

Diet: They have a wide range of food.Thier diet consists of medium sized species such as moufflon, chamois, saiga, wild boar, red deer, roe deer, and livestock. They will occasionally eat small organisms such as, frogs and hares. in Europe the largest animal eaten is the wisent and in Asia it is the Yak.

Population Expansion: This species could fill the niche of the Siberian Tiger because the eurasian wolf lives in the same type of weather as the sibierian tiger and they both attact the same types of animals. Therefore the eurasian wolf can take the siberian tigers place when it is extinct. So the food chain wouldnt be affective as much.

Species In Competition: The two populations compare in numbers and growth because they all grow very fast and mature quickly. Although the Eurasian Wolf does not grow as fast as the Siberian Tiger it still raches high numbers in weight and size.