Yellowstone Wolf Directory

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Famous Wolf #2M [Founder of The Leopold Pack and Father of 302M aka "The Casanova"]

a. 1995 arrivals

b. 77 lbs as pup

c. Released March 21 1995, only exited March 31 1995

d. Original Crystal Creek Member

e. Dispersed to form with 7F the Leopold Pack

f. 2 year old as of Dec 31 1996 and Alpha Male of Leopold

g. Dispersed permanently in Jan 1996 from the Crystal Creek

h. Bred with 7F in 1997

i. Bred with 7F in 1998 and fathered 5 pups.

j. Bred with 7F in 1999. Father of only one surviving pup of this litter.

k. Bred with 7F for a fifth time in 2000.

l. Bred with 7F for a sixth time in 2001, fathering four pups.

m. He fathered 8 pups in 2002.

n. He was killed by the Geode Creek Pack on Dec 31 2002.

o. Father of 39 pups of which at least 29 survived to year end in his life.

p. Father of 150M, 151F, 152F, “Casanova” or 302M and many others

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Recap

ID : #2M

Sex : Male

Birth Year : 1994

Age : 8 year old at the time of his death (Dec 31th 2002)

Weight at release : 77 lbs (he was a pup at this moment)

Weight in 1998 : 117 lbs

Color : Black [A Silvery-Black coloration not jet black]

Status in Rose Creek Pack : Subordinate (1995)

Status in Leopold Pack : Alpha Male (1996-2002)

Mate (s) : 7F

Ancestry : Son of 4M and 5F

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Descendance :

- 55M

- 56M

- 95F

- 96F

- 148F

- 150M*

- 151F* [Founding Alpha Female of The Cougar Creek Pack]

- 152F* [Founding Alpha Female of The Swan Lake Pack]

- 165M* ?

- 207M*

- 209F*

- 210M

- 211M

- 220F*

- 259F*

- 287M* [Founding Member of The Hellroaring Creek Pack]

- 288F

- 289M

- 290F [Founding Alpha Female of The Wedge Pack]

- 301M*

- 302M* aka "The Casanova" [Founding Alpha Male of The Blacktail Deer Plateau Pack & Longtime Beta Male of The Druid Pack]

- 344F*

- 345F

- 381M

- 468M [Founding Member of The Hellroaring Creek Pack]

- 480M*

- 535M

- #54

- #97

- #98

- #99

- #149

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Legacy [Descendance that bred and produced known pups*] In blue if alive:

- 304M [Founding Member of The Gibbon Meadows Pack] (Grandson) [Son of 151F]

- 469F [Founding Alpha Female of The Quadrant Mountain Pack] (Grand-Daughter) [Daughter of 220F]

- 470F [Founding Member of The Oxbow Creek Pack] (Grand-Daughter) [Daughter of 209F]

- 473M (Grandson) [Son of 152F]

- 478F (Grand-Daughter) [Daughter of 151F]

- 536F [Founding Member of The Oxbow Creek Pack] (Grand-Daughter) [Daughter of 220F]

- 625F [Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 209F]

- 632F aka "Tripod" [Founding Alpha Female of The Grayling Creek Pack] (Grand-Daughter) [Daughter of 151F]

- 636M [Founding Alpha Male of The Mary Mountain Pack] (Grandson) [Son of 151F]

- Famous Wolf 778M aka "Big Brown" [Founding Member of The Blacktail Deer Plateau Pack] [Grandson] [Son of 480M]

- 830F [Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 302M]

- Famous Wolf 838M aka "Big Blaze" [Founding Member of The Blacktail Deer Plateau & The Junction Butte Pack] [Grandson] [Son of 480M]

- "Medium Gray" [Founding Member of The Blacktail Deer Plateau Pack] [Grandson] [Son of 480M]

- "Dull-Bar" (Grand-Daughter) [Daughter of 480M]

- "Bright Bar" (Grand-Daughter) [Daughter of 480M]

- 821F (Great Grand-Daughter) [Daughter of 469F]

- Famous Wolf 890M aka "Patch" [Grandson & Great Grandson] [Son of 830F ? & 838M ?]

- 909F (Great Grand-Daughter) [Daughter of 469F]

- Famous Wolf 911M aka "Puff" [Great Grandson] [Son of 778M] 

- 953F/1204F (Great Grand-Daughter) [Daughter of 478F]* [Alive] [Alpha Female of Cougar Creek] [Unknown Status]

- "Third Sister" [Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 469F]

- Famous Wolf 907F [Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of "Puff" (911M)] [Former Longtime Alpha Female Of Junction Butte : UBF (her daughter) is now the alpha] [One of the breeding females of the pack]

- Famous Wolf 969F [Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of "Puff" (911M)]

- 964M [Great Great Grandson] [Son of 821F] [Radio-Collar stop transmitting a signal in 2018]

- 966M (Great Great Grandson) [Son of 909F] 

- 1005F [Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 909F] [Founding Alpha Female of the Phantom Lake Pack in 2019-2020] [Current Alpha Female of The 1005F/1200M Group]

- 1047M [Great Great Grandson] [Son of 909F] [Current Alpha Male of Junction Butte]

- 1048M [Great Great Grandson] [Son of 821F] [Currently the Beta Male of Junction Butte]

- 1119F [Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 909F] 

- "Brindle" [Great Great Grand Daughter] [Current Alpha Female of 8-Mile ? Mother of 8 pups in 2019] 

- 1109F [Great Grand-Daughter & Great Great Grand-Daughter & Great Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 890M ("Patch") and either 907F or 969F] [One of now at least 4 Breeding Females of Junction Butte]

- UBF [Great Grand-Daughter & Great Great Grand-Daughter & Great Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 890M & 907F or 969F] [Current Alpha Female of Junction Butte]

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Living Legacy (Alive) [Descendance pups that have yet to produced pups or known pups (# or nicknamed)] :

- 1238M [Great Grandson & Great Great Grandson] [Son of 890M] [Member of Mollie's]

- 963F [Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 909F] [Last seen in 2018 when she traveled outside the park and was then monitored by the Montana F&W]

- 996M [Great Great Grandson] [Son of 821F] [Subordinate Member of Junction Butte]

- 1198F [Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 953F/1204F] [Loner]

- 1199F [Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 953F/1204F] [Member of the Cougar Creek]

- 1230M [Great Great Great Grandson] [Son of "Brindle"] [Member of 8-Mile]

- 1231M [Great Great Great Grandson] [Son of "Brindle"] [Member of 8-Mile]

- 1232M [Great Great Great Grandson] [Son of "Brindle"] [Member of 8-Mile]

- 1233M [Great Great Great Grandson] [Son of "Brindle"] [Member of 8-Mile]

Quote:

Longtime Alpha Pair (2M and 7F) (Leopold) (2002)

One of the older, and more stable packs in the eco- system, the Leopold pack experienced dramatic change in 2002. Both alpha wolves, #2M and #7F, the original progenitors of the pack, were killed by other wolves.

In May, #7F was traveling near the eastern boundary of her territory when she was attacked by other wolves, probably the Geode Creek pack in that they had denned nearby, and had a kill even closer to where #7F was found dead. Number 7F had given birth to eight pups and a necropsy indicated that she was still nursing them at the time of her death, about five to six weeks after the pups were estimated to have been born. All of the pups survived and were seen being cared for (not nursed) by other members of the pack.

Winter study crews had documented #2Mʼs ejection from the pack by late November. 

It was initially presumed that his departure was temporary in order to find a new mate following #7ʼs death. Observations later indicated that he had lost his dominant status to another pack member, an uncollared gray male of unknown origin. Number 2 traveled outside of core Leopold territory, occasionally with other wolves, until he was found dead on the last day of the year. An examination of the site and the carcass clearly indicated that he also had been killed by other wolves, probably Geode Creek again in that he was inside their territory, and they were the closest pack to #2M at the time of his death.

Number 2M was the last surviving wolf from the 1995 reintroduction.

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More on 2M death (from the inset story of the Yellowstone Wolf Project Annual Report of 2002)

"Then on the last day of 2002, we found #2M dead. Unlike #7F, he had lost his position in the pack and dispersed before his death. Packless, he traveled a month, sometimes with other wolves, sometimes alone, and sometimes in Geode Creek pack territory. We do not know who he was with when he was attacked, but we know from tracks that multiple wolves found him. When we inspected the site it was clear what had happened: several other wolves had caught him at the top of a hill, driven him into a downed tree, broken branches with wolf hair, and a blood trail 50 meters down a hill. We found him at the bottom, fed on by birds, his side ripped open and exposed. His carcass was littered with tooth marks and hemorrhaged flesh. We collected his head for historic purposes, leaving his carcass for eagles, ravens, and magpies to consume. "

Source : Yellowstone Wolf Project Annual Report of 2002

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*This image is copyright of its original author

Wolf 2M is the black pup on the extreme left.

Photo Credits : Crystal wolf pack in pen; Jim Peaco; February 28, 1995

Source of these informations :

Yellowstone Wolf Projects Annual Reports and "Charting Yellowstone Wolves (25th Anniversary)
Ralph Maughan Report [Precision on 2M color]

(1995 and 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002)

(The link to the Wolf Annual Reports is in the first post of the thread)

*Edit of this post will come in shorter or later moments after all the first 48 wolves are done !*

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*Note* : I transferred this thread to my forum : The Domain of the Wolf and updated and added many informations from the multiples sources I red. Hope it is understandable.  Also, there is a problem with the spacing between texts sometimes which i can't fix. Sorry for the inconvenience it might cause.

Although all the informations are based from my review, searches and documentation of my searches on the Internet, some informations can be, and are inaccurate due to new papers coming out, new genetics analyses, etc etc.

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