The Wolf As The Oldest Species On The Planet

The wolf as the oldest species on the planet

The wolf, his scientific name is Canis lupus being the most common and abundant the gray wolf. The wolf is a mammal that belongs to the family of carnivores and has several subspecies;This is a very fornid animal since it can weigh depending on the region in which about 75 kilograms live, in addition to measuring 60 to 70 centimeters high and reaching almost two meters in length, its fangs reach measure up to 6cm long. They are resistant and fast animals since they travel several kilometers, their trot is 10 kilometers per hour and accelerating can reach 65 kilometers per hour. These canines have an incredible sense of smell with which they locate their prey. Its color varies depending on its habitat, thus existing white wolves (with gray tones), black, red and brown. They have a thick and leafy fur made up of 2 layers so they usually do something very peculiar that is to rub against branches and rocks to lose a little fur and thus not suffocate.

The wolves are scattered on the continents of Asia, America, Africa, Oceania and Europe;They are carnivorous animals and eating up to 15 kilos of food depending on how long they have been without eating and drinking approximately 8 liters of water a day a day. They are organized since they live in herdas, characterized by a very marked hierarchy, they are led by the alpha male and the alpha female, named for their reproductive success, these herds are generally constituted by 8 individuals and can have up to 20members.

They communicate through the howls that allow themsince they also do it through bodily expressions such as erected ears and tail in times of tension. They reach sexual maturity at the 2 years of life being January and April the time of mating (depending on the area), the gestation lasts from 60 to 63 days. The female cava a tunnel on earth where she will give birth and serve as a shelter for the young being 4 to 7 young per litter. The puppies are born blind, deaf and weighing half a kilo leaving the lobera (burrow of the wolf) between the sixth and tenth week. The wolves are careful beings since the young are cared for throughout the pack, especially for the alpha female. When reaching their maturity, alpha wolves can abandon their jourgy to form their own.

The alpha wolves are faithful since they only leave their partner when they die, if they fail to find a partner they become lonely wolves who do not belong to any hole, do not have their own territory and rarely mark their territory with their aroma or howl. The wolves are shy and distrustful animals, this makes it cataloga human as its leader and will not obey what an indomitable animal does it.

The wolf is one of the oldest species on Earth, it is even said that coyote is the evolution of the wolf, since it has been living on this planet for more than one hundred thousand years, thus being one of the mammals that has lived the most time in theEarth.