Yellowstone Wolf Directory

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

a.    Disperser from Tower Pack in 2001.
b.    Is a loner as of Dec 31 2001.
c.     Formed the Bechler Pack and is the alpha male in 2002.
d.  From the 2002 litter,  two pups were still alive in 2003.
e.    Nearly white and still Bechler alpha male in 2005
f.     He is 9-10 year old in 2007.
g.   He reached the 11 year old mark in 2008.
h.   Born in the Rose Creek Pack in 1997.
i.    Died at age 12 in the summer of 2009 of unknown naturals causes.

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Recap

ID : #192M
Sex : Male
Color : Eggwhite (nearly white)
Lifespan :
-       April 1997- June 3rd 2009 (12 years and two months old)
-       [126F, 192M and 478F are the only known Yellowstone wolves, as of now, who have reached 12 year of age]
Birth Pack : 

• Rose Creek Pack (1997)
  

Packs : 

• Rose Creek (1997-1999)
• Roosevelt Group (1999)
• Tower Pack (2000 - 2001)
• Bechler (2002-2009)
  
  

Status in Bechler  : 

• First Alpha Male and one of the longest time as alpha in a Yellowstone wolf pack (7 years ; 2002-2009)
  

Ancestry : 

• Son of 18F & 8M
• Grandson of 9F/10M & 5F/4M
• Brother of 193M and 194M
  

Known Mates : Uncollared Black Alpha Female of Bechler [?-2005- ?]

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Descendance : 

• 408M
• 409F
• 410F
• 543M
• 544M
• 545F*
• Bechler Female* [Could still be alive and member of Bechler aswell as being a former/actual alpha/breeding female]
  

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Note : The Bechler Pack formed in 2001/2002. It is still existing today. The first alpha male of the pack, 192M, lives from 1997 to 2009. His reign of 8 years as alpha is one of the longest in Yellowstone Packs. Although his descendants are not well known because of collaring difficulty and observation of the pack being difficult due to remoteness of the area, forested habitat and being a border pack with Idaho. 

Because of his long tenure as alpha and good breeding of the pack throughout his tenure, we can theorize appoximately that at least 50-80 % of the Bechler Pack is related to him. 545F lived for 8 years, being lastly seen in 2013. Both 545F and Bechler Female probably and almost certainly act as breeding females. 

This is my opinion with informations on both the known descendants [numbered and nicknamed] of 192M and the history/Size of the pack by year since its formation.

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*This image is copyright of its original author

(Photo of wolf 192 and his long-time alpha mate in the deep snows of the Bechler Area and with his packmates courtesy of NPS.)

"He is the white wolf" (Wolf on the left is #192M)

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

(1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)

(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  !*

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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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