The Labrador wolf (Canis lupus labradorius) is a subspecies of gray wolf native to Labrador and northern Quebec.
Characteristics:
They are medium sized wolves with dark gray to nearly white fur. Similar in general only larger than the Eastern wolf (Canis lupus lycaon) of southwest Quebec and the Great Lakes region.
Habitat:
They still inhabit nearly all of their historic range in Labrador and Northern Quebec.
Diet:
Labrador wolves primarily prey on white-tailed deer and caribou, they also prey on moose, musk ox, hares, beaver, and other rodents and fish.
Breeding:
Mating usually occurs in the spring between the alpha pair of the pack. Gestation lasts 62 to 65 days, after which the mother gives birth to an average of 4 to 6 pups. They are brown in color and deaf and blind for the first 10 days. After several weeks, they begin to leave the den, but are still breastfed for 2 to 3 months. All members of the pack participate in raising the young. They reach full maturity by 2 years.
Status:
Endangered.
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