Chapter 2: Wolves Physical Description DID YOU KNOW…
Wolves can be very colorful! !
have fur coats to keep warm. Wolves have sharp teeth, A close up of a wolf's face
powerful jaws, muscular bodies
Wolves can be
and large legs,
grey, brown, red- ears and feet. dish brown, white and black. They HOW CAN WE HELP THIS ANIMAL?
Bounty hunters
Diet
can stop
Wolves eat deer, caribou, moose, elk, rabbits, ro-
hunting wolves and people can stop destroying their homes. homes.
dents, beavers and birds. If food is
scarce they eat insects, nuts, fruit and berries.
Behaviors
They communicate with barks, growls, whines, snarls and howls. They also use their body positions, their tails, affection and their noses.
Habitat Wolves live in forests, grasslands and tundra. They live in mountainous areas, too. They live in these places: Canada, Russia, Mongolia, Alaska, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Wisconsin , Wyoming , New Mexico, Arizona, the edges of the Great Lakes , the Northern Rocky Mountains and the Southwestern U.S.
A wolf howls to communicate with others
Why This Animal Is Endangered
Wolves are endangered because they are losing their habitats and food.
They are also hunted by bounty hunters.