They make a squeaking noise to call the pups and the pups' mother will whimper to calm them down. Communication is required to keep order in the highly social setting of wolf packs. EYES - Vision is most common within the pack. Wolves use visual recognition with fellow pack members very similar to our domestic dogs recognizing familiar faces. NOSE - Wolves identify individual pack members by urine and scats, commonly called scent marking.
Wolves mark the outside border of their territories twice as much as inside the territory.
A wolf's nose is 14 times the size of a human's, their sensitivity to smells is 100 times greater than the human sense. Wolves will communicate social position in the pack based on their body posture. High ranking animals have high tail positions and carry their body tall, showing dominant status. Lower ranking wolves carry their tails lower, often lowering their body while pawing at the higher ranking wolves. Wolves use several types of vocalizations for different purposes.