Yellowstone Wolf Directory

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Famous Wolf #8M [Second Alpha Male of The Rose Creek Pack]

a. 1995 Arrivals

b. 72 lbs as a pup

c. Released March 21 1995, exit March 31

d. Original Crystal Creek Member

e. Dispersed in Mid-October 1995

f. Immediately paired with Rose Creek 9F

g. Alpha Male (Second of the pack history) as of Dec 31 1996

h. Father of 3 pups to 9F in April 1996

i. Bred with 18F and 9F in 1997

j. Only Remaining Wolf from the original Crystal Creek pack left in 1998.

k. Died as a Rose Creek Member in 2000 from natural causes. It’s body was recovered in June 2000 in Slough Creek with water in his lungs.

l. His death was likely attributed to being injured by an elk.

j. He is the topic of Rick McIntyre 2019 Book detailing his life : "The Rise of Wolf 8"

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Recap

ID : #8M

Sex : Male

Birth : 1994

Color : Gray

Age : 6 (Death caused by prey in June 2000)

Weight at release : 72 lbs (pup)

Status in Crystal Creek Pack (now known as Mollie's) : Subordinate (1995)

Status in Rose Creek Pack : Second Alpha Male of the Pack (Nov 1995-June 2000)

Ancestry : Son of 4M and 5F

Mates : 9F and 18F [9F and 10M daughter], 78F ?

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Descendance : Father of 3 pups in April 1996 + a couple more as the alpha male of Rose Creek with 9F and her daughter 18F

51F

52M [Founder of The Sunlight Basin Pack]*

53F

73M

74F

77F*

78F*

81F

83M

85F

153F*

154F

155F

156F

160F

161M*

162M*

190F*

Famous White Wolf 192M [Founding & Longtime Alpha Male of The Bechler Pack]*

Famous Wolf 193M [Longtime Mollie's Alpha Male]*

Famous Wolf 194M [Brother of 192M and 193M]

208M*

#75

#76

#84

#86

#87

#88

#89

#90

#100

#101

#102

#140

#157

#158

#159

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Descendance Legacy (Descendance Pups That Produced known pups) *Colored if Alive* as of Jan 2020 :

261M [Grandson] [Son of 193M]

Famous Mollie's Alpha Male Wolf 495M [Heaviest Wolf Recorded in YNP History Until 2013] [Grandson] [Son of 193M]

545F [Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 192M]

641M [Grandson] [Son of 193M]

686F [Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 193M]

Iconic Wolf 712M aka "The Longtime Canyon Alpha Male" aka "White Lady's Mate" [Grandson] [Son of 193M]

Bechler Female [Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 192M]

380F [Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 261M]

Famous Mollie's Alpha Female Wolf 779F [Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 495M]

870F [Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 495M]

970F [Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 495M]

"Ragged-Tail" [Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 495M]

"The Wapiti White Alpha Female" [Founding & Current Longtime Alpha Female of The Wapiti Lake Pack] [Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 712M]

Famous Wolf 907F [Longtime Alpha Female of Junction Butte and now Breeding Female of Junction Butte] [Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of "Ragged-Tail"]

Famous Wolf 969F [Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of "Ragged-Tail"]

978F/1239F? [Former Alpha Female of Mollie's & Now a member/breeding female of the pack] [Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 779F]

Famous Wolf 1014M [Current Alpha Male of Wapiti Lake] [Great Great Grandson] [Son of 779F]

Famous Wolf 1015M [Current Alpha Male of 8-Mile and Former Alpha Male of Wapiti Lake] [Great Great Grandson] [Son of 779F]

1090F [Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 779F] [Current Alpha Female of Mollie's]

1091F [Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of "The Wapiti White Alpha Female"]

1118F [Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 779F]

"Hook" [Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 380F]

1106M [Great Great Grandson & Great Great Great Grandson] [Son of "The Wapiti White Alpha Female" and 1015M] [Founding & Current Alpha Male of The Phantom Lake Pack]

1104F [Great Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 1091F and 1015M] [Localized in Grand Teton NP]

1109F [Great Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of either 907F or 969F] [One at least 4 Breeding Females of Junction Butte]

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

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Living Legacy (Living Descendance that did not produce pups yet or known pups (# or nickname) :

1155M [Great Great Grandson] [Son of 779F] [Lone Wolf]

1156M [Great Great Grandson & Great Great Great Grandson] [Son of "The Wapiti White Alpha Female" and 1015M] [Member of 8-Mile]

1201F & 1203F [Great Great Grand-Daughters & Great Great Great Grand-Daughters] [Daughters of "The Wapiti White Alpha Female" and 1015M] [Members of Wapiti Lake]

1234M & 1236M [Great Great Grandsons & Great Great Great Grandsons] [Sons of "The Wapiti White Alpha Female" and 1014M] [Members of Wapiti Lake]

1235F [Great Great Grand-Daughter & Great Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of "The Wapiti White Alpha Female" and 1014M] [Member of Wapiti Lake]

1230M & 1231M & 1232M & 1233M [Great Great Great Grandsons] [Sons of 1015M] [Member of 8-Mile]

1238M [Great Great Great Grandson] [Son of 978F/1239F] [Member of Mollie's]

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*This image is copyright of its original author

"Rose Creek wolves #8, first in line, followed by #9 produced pups in 1996, 1997, and 1998. Wolf #9 has been especially important in repopulating the GYA. Every pack in the northern tier of the park has a wolf—usually a breeding wolf—that is related to her."

(Photo by William Campbell in the Yellowstone Wolf Project Annual Report of 1998)

Quote:Wolf 8M (Rose Creek Pack)

"Wolf #8M, another 1995 arrival, was found dead in Slough Creek in June 2000. He had aspirated water, but was in relatively shallow water, indicating he may have drowned after being injured by an elk. (It is common for elk to seek protection from wolves in water.)"

Here is a picture of Slough Creek :

*This image is copyright of its original author

Photo Credits : Mike Cline

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Source of these informations : Yellowstone Wolf Projects Annual Reports and "Charting Yellowstone Wolves (25th Anniversary)"

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

(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 1995 reintroduced wolves (#2M-15M) 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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