US Geological Survey

 

Date of this Version

2014

Citation

The Canadian Field Naturalist v. 128, no. 2 (2014), pp 189-190.

Comments

U.S. government work.

Abstract

A two-year-old sibling Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) carefully captured an Arctic Hare (Lepus arcticus) leveret alive on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada, and delivered it alive to a pup 28–33 days old. This appears to be the first observation of a Gray Wolf delivering live prey to a pup.

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