Wolf (Canis lupus)

[AndresVida]

(06-06-2021, 03:36 AM)TheNormalGuy Wrote: WHAT ?

Wolves occurs currently in the Kenai Peninsula for your information.

Did you happen to read Wolves of the Kenai Peninsula (1984) by Rolf. O. Peterson, James D. Woolington and Theodore N. Bailey ?

I am totally aware that the grey wolf still roams in the Kenai Peninsula, I was just referring to the subspecies of Canis Lupus alces

(06-06-2021, 03:36 AM)TheNormalGuy Wrote: I compiled over 100 weights from individuals wolves of that location from 1976 to 1995.

The average adult male is [from what i compiled] barely under 100 lbs (99,04 lbs or 44,94 kg) [n = 41] while the average adult female is [from what i compiled] just above 77 lbs (77,17 lbs or 35,01 kg) [n = 50].

The Heaviest Weight of adult males and females i compiled of this location, which is Unit 7 & 15 of Alaska is :

98 lbs (44,5 kg) for the female
121 lbs (54,9 kg) for the male

You truly did a really wonderful work by calculating the average of these wolves, it's interesting to see how most wolves (males) from all subspecies seem always to average between 40-45 kg

(06-06-2021, 03:36 AM)TheNormalGuy Wrote: Edit : The Skull on Wikipedia Appears Large but the wolf wouldn't be much bigger than any of the biggest wolves types. In the late 1800's and early 1900's claims of very very large wolves and other animals were thrown there and there.

If anything, that skull is the skull of very large wolf specimen of the subspecie which is likely an wolf that would be in the range of 55 - 70 kg.

So the extinct subspecies was "nothing special" about size? I suspected that the claim of it being 90-115 cm  tall at the shoulder was grossly exaggerated, as much as the extinct Bernard wolf who was claimed to be even 4 feet tall (120 cm)

Thanks for the information Reply