females: 4.5 to 6 feet (tip of nose to tip of tail)
males: 5 to 6.5 feet
26 to 32 inches (at the shoulder)
females: 60 to 80 pounds
males: 70 to 110 pounds
4 inches wide by 5 inches long
up to 13 years in wild (usually 6 to 8 years)
up to 16 years in captivity
gray, but can also be black or white
42 teeth
February to March
63 days
1 pound
4 to 6 pups
2 to 30 or more
6 to 8
25 to 150 square miles in Minnesota
300 to 1,000 in Alaska and Canada
5 miles per hour
36 to 38 miles per hour for short distances
deer, moose, caribou, elk, bison, musk-oxen and beaver.
loss of habitat due to destruction, development and encroachment
by humans; persecution by humans
Updated: December, 2008
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