Yellowstone Wolf Directory

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Famous Wolf #40F [Second Alpha Female of The Druid Peak Pack]

a. 1996 Arrivals

b. 89 lbs as pup

c. Daughter of 39F

d. Sister of 41F and 42F

e. Released April 14 1996, exit April 27

f. Original Druid Member

g. Yearling Female which might be the new and second alpha female of the Druid Pack as of Dec 31 1996

h. Even if she was the alpha female in 1997, she didn’t have pups.

i. Bred with 21M in 1998 as did her sister 42F.

j. The two surviving pups of The Druid come from her litter in 1998 including #163.

k. Bred with 21M in 1999.

l. Had a litter of 6 pups, of which only 2 survived to 1999 end.

m. Killed by her packmates in 2000.

She had harass her sister dens and pups, which likely cause an extremely aggressive and protective behavior and response off her sister 42F

and another female of the pack. She lasted 3 year as alpha female of the Druid Pack.

She, 42F (her sister) and another female all had a litter in 2000, producing 21 pups of which 20 survived to year end

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Recap

ID : #40F

Sex : Female

Color : Gray

Lifespan in Yellowstone : April 1996-2000 (4 years)

Weight at release : 89 lbs as a pup

Status in Druid Pack :

Subordinate (April 1996- ? 1996)

Second Alpha Female (? 1996- 2000)

Ancestry : Daughter of 39F and sister of 41F and 42F

Mate : 21M and 38M

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Descendance : pups in 1998, 1999 and 2000.

163M

199M

217F*

221M

223F

251F*

252M

253M*

The Famous Longtime Alpha Female of Agate Creek : Wolf 472F [Mother of "The 06 Female"]*

#139

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Descendance Legacy (Descendance Pups that produced known pups) *Colored if alive*

525F [Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 472F]

590M [Grandson] [Son of 472F]

642F [Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 472F]

Famous Wolf 692F [Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 472F]

Famous Wolf 693F [Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 472F]

The Iconic Wolf 832F aka "The 06 Female" aka "O-Six" [Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 472F]

Famous Wolf 890M aka "Patch" [Great Grandson] [Son of 693F] [Current Alpha Male of Mollie's]

Famous Wolf 911M aka "Puff" [Great Grandson] [Son of 693F]

The Iconic Wolf 926F aka "Spitfire" [Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 832F]

"Little-T" [Current Alpha Female of Lamar Canyon] [Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 926F ("Spitfire")]

907F [Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of "Puff"] [Former Longtime Alpha Female of Junction Butte & Now one of 4 breeding females]

969F [Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of "Puff"]

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

1109F [Great Great Grand-Daughter & Great Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 890M & 907F or 969F] [One of the breeding females of Junction Butte]

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Living Legacy of 40F (Living Descendance that did not produce pups yet or known pups (# or nicknamed) as of Jan 2020 :

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

1197F [Great Great Grand-Daughter or Great Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of either 926F ("Spitfire") or her daughter ("Little-T")] [Member of Lamar Canyon]

"Two Dot" [Great Great Grand-Pup or Great Great Great Grand-Pup] [Pup of either 926F ("Spitfire") or her daughter ("Little-T")] [Member of Lamar Canyon]

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Wolf 40F (Alpha Female of Druid Peak) (2000)

"On May 8, 2000, alpha female #40 was found wounded on the side of the road in Lamar Valley and died soon afterward. Independent necropsies by both the Yellowstone Wolf Project and the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks lab in Bozeman, Montana, concluded that the death had resulted from an attack by other wolves. Multiple wounds riddled her body, and

many of the teeth marks were the same distance apart as a wolf’s canine teeth. Of all the wolf cacrasses that have been recovered and determined killed by other wolves in Yellowstone, #40’s was the most mutilated. How could such an event happen? Wolves, including dethroned

alphas, commonly depart from packs for various reasons—but killed by other wolves? What follows are the events that led to #40’s death. "

"As the alpha female, #40 totally dominated #42, often so brutally that she relinquished her attack only after her sister assumed complete submission: tail tucked, on her back, licking #40s’ face. Number 40 bit and held #42

with the restraint typical of within-pack dominance fights, but the bites she delivered were undoubtedly painful. In 1999, when #42 dug a den hole and localized around it, she was attacked by #40, who had produced a litter of her own. It is not known if #42 had any pups; pseudopregnancy was possible, but after the attack #42 was not found by her den hole again. "

"In 2000, three females in the Druid Peak pack (#40, #42, and #106) produced a total of 21 pups. The three mothers had separate dens, but the two non-breeding adult females in the pack, #103 and #105 (daughters of #41 or #42), showed an affinity for #42s’ den, not visiting #40s’ or #106’s dens. For the most part, #40 and #42 remained apart; only two encounters were observed in six weeks, when #40 was seen briefly visiting #42’den site without incident. The alpha male (#21) stayed primarily with #40 at the traditional Druid Peak den site, but he did make regular visits to #42s’ den and possibly to #106s’ den. "

On the evening of May 7, at about the same time that #42 and #105 left #42’s den and traveled toward #40’s

den, #40 left her den accompanied by #21 and traveled toward them. The wolves met in the Chalcedony Creek area, where #40 immediately attacked #42 and then #105. Both attacks were vicious and both #42 and #105 submit- ted to #40. After the attacks all four wolves headed

toward #42’s den near Amethyst Creek, when it became too dark for further observation. The next morning, #40 was found by the road fatally wounded. She had probably sought the road as the lesser of two evils, knowing the other wolves would avoid the pavement, which was associated with humans. "

No radio-collared wolves from other packs were located in LamarValley, and it is unlikely that other wolves would have made such an attack, given that #42’s den was in the center of Druid Peak pack territory, not

near the edge where a trespass would be moer likely. Instead, years of abuse of her female pack members had caught up with #40, and the period when #40 and #42 were apart after denning probably contributed to the strengthening of social bonds between #42, #103, and #105 and the weakening of ties with #40.

"When she neared #42’s den, her proximity to #42’s pups could have caused a strong reaction from #42 that brought the help of #103 and #105, and a three-versus-one fight ensued."

After #40’s death, both #42 and #106 moved their litters to what had been #40s’ den. During the rest of the summer, all of the pups were raised by the pack operating as a cohesive unit, and 20 pups were still alive at year-

end. Number 42 assumed the role of alpha female and

was not observed aggressively dominating any other wolf in the pack. "

Parts of the Inset Story of the Yellowstone Wolf Project Annual Report 2000

*This image is copyright of its original author

Kerry Murphy examines wolf #40F after she was killed by her pack mates.

Photo by Douglas Smith.

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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 the 1996 reintroduced wolves are done (26F-42F) !*

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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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