The entire pack takes care of the young. Mexican wolves live about 8-16 years in the wild and 20 years in captivity. Mexican wolves prey on deer, elk, sheep, rabbits, turkeys and small rodents. Mexican gray wolves communicate in similar ways as gray wolves. They howl, bark, growl and whine to tell other wolves how they feel.
Territory is marked by urinating on rocks or trees telling others to stay away.
The Mexican gray wolf once lived in the mountainous regions of Arizona, New Mexico, west Texas, and Mexico. Now the wild Mexican gray wolf is believed to be extinct in the United States. It prefers transitional zones of open oak and pine Montana woodlands. Early this century ranchers wanted to eliminate all of the predators of domestic livestock including the Mexican wolf. The sport of hunting greatly reduced the wild food availability for Mexican wolves.