Diet
The red wolf is a
carnivore. It eats rabbits, birds, rodents and occasionally
white-tailed deer. It also eats carrion, or dead animals.
Life Cycle
Red wolves mate from February through March. Two months after mating, the female gives birth to a litter of between two and ten pups. Both the male and the female care for the young. Only the
alpha male and
alpha female in a pack mate. The alpha male and alpha female are the dominant male and female in a pack. Other wolves in the pack help care for the young and bring food to the female.
Behavior
The red wolf is mostly nocturnal, although it is sometimes active in the day during the winter months. It makes its den along stream banks in the enlarged burrows of other animals, under tree stumps, or in hollow logs. The red wolf is a social animal and it lives in packs that include a breeding male and female and their pups. Occasionally, there is a second male in the group. Red wolves sometimes form packs to hunt.
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