how big male and female wolves become
the adult male gray wolf stands 26 to 38 inches high at the shoulder and is usually 40 to 58 inches in length excluding the tail males are 15 to 20 percent larger than females the weight of gray wolves varies from 40 to 175 poundsn a pack only the alpha male and female are allowed to breed any attempt at breeding by other members of the pack is met with aggression by the alpha pair although the largest documented pack was one of 36 animals in alaska the average wolf pack consists of four to seven individuals