WOLF

                   WOLF

Local name     :Nar,Varu, Bhedia,in Gujarat

Physical measurements life cycle 

Length         : 100-140 cm

Weight         : 15-20 kg 

Height           :65 cm 

Maturity     : 2.5-3.0 years 

Gestation    : 61-630 days

Life span      : About 10-15 years in wilderness,and 20 years in captivity.

Breeding      : October-November

* Description  

Wolf;s body is yellow-brownish and sandy fawn. lts coat is striped with black .lt has a long bushy tail with darker tip and a large skull.

* food       

Carnivorous.Preys upon deer, blackbuck,gazelle,hares, foxes, sheep,goats etc.

* distribution  

In Gujarat,grasslands of Kachchh and Saurashtra regions including Velavadar National park.Also ocurs in Banaskantha,Surendranagar,dahod,panchmahal disttricts in Gujarat.

* Habitat     :

Inhabits the grassland grassland area and scrub forest, prosopis thickets.

* Behaviour     

It is usually crepuscular to nocturnal. It may hunt diurnally also. Takes shelter in caves, Crevices, thickets of reeds and scrub etc. Digs burrows in sandy area during summer.Usually lives in closely bonded Family packs.

* Population  

About 400-500 in Gujarat. 

The wolf in probably the most widely distributed truly carnivorous mammal in the world. those individuals living in the vicinity of human settlements pose threat to the livestock as also small children.if such individuals are undergoing hunger,they prove to be a curse for people. the wolves living in the remote areas away from the human settlements hunt blackbuck,chinkara,hares,foxes and birds.