Wolf

Wolves are canines which hunt in large packs skilled in tracking via scent. They worked together as a team with their pack in order to provide food for themselves and the others in their group by surrounding and ambushing their prey. Wolves are as common a pet as dogs as they are relatively easy to tame and train so long as one gets them at a young enough age, 1 year or younger. In addition, because of the somewhat ease of tamability they are commonly companions for rangers, druids, and hunters.

## General Information

### Subspecies

* Worg
* Irara Wolf
* Twisted Wolf
* Dire Wolf
* Dire Worg
* Dark Worg
* Dark Wolf

## Sociocultural Information

### Distinction(s)

large forehead, heavy teeth for crushing skulls, thin rounded snout

## Physical Traits

Wolves are between 2'6" to 2'8" feet tall, weigh between 51 to 180 pounds, and have a length of 3-5 feet. Their coats can range in color from black to reddish in color. A wolf's head is large and heavy with strong jaws and a long, blunt muzzle that can range in thinness depending on the exact subspecies. Female wolves tend to have narrower muzzles, foreheads, slightly shorter legs, thinner necks, and generally be less large than males.

## Behavior

Wolves are social animals with their population being that of packs and lone wolves, the wolves basic pack formation is that of a mated pair and their offspring. Though in times of hardship wolf packs may merge for a time so that they might more easily track and hunt prey, these merged packs do not last long. Additionally, wolves communicate with one another over long distances through howling with each different type of howl having a different meaning. They also communicate with growls, barks, and whines.

## Ecology

Wolves often dominate other canid species in areas were both live. Wolves will attack the dens of other smaller canid species if they view their existing within the territory as a threat to their food and water supply or just as a threat to their offspring. Wolves will eat any bears they kill while bears will only eat the young wolves they have killed.

## Diet

Wolves primarily feed on wild herbivorous hooved mammals like deer, moose, and elk and are specialized in preying on vulnerable individuals of large prey that could be easily seperated from a herd, if they are part of one. Desipte their speicalization in the hunting of large mammals wolves have no qualms eating smaller animals as well like rodents, rabbits, hares, and insectivores. They will also eat small to medium sized birds and their eggs. When all else fails to provide a wolf may prey on lizards, snakes, frogs, and larger insects to get by.

## Subspecies

* **Gray:** the most commonly seen type of wolf.
* **Arctic:** gray wolves which have adapted to living in arctic temperatures.
* **Worg:** massive wolves just shy of a dire with slightly downturned snouts and sabre-esque fangs.
* **Irara:** wolf which has adapted to living on Irara.
* **Twisted:** a gray wolf with elongated features, patchy fur, and jagged teeth, native to Nurmier
* **Dire:** a gray wolf doubled in size and aggression.
* **Dire worg:** a worg doubled in size and aggression, larger than a dire wolf.
* **Dark worg:** a worg transformed by Kweg.
* **Dark wolf:** a wolf transformed by Kweg.