Large, doglike mammal with sharp teeth; long bushy tail; long legs; lives and hunts in packs
Forests, tundra, and wetlands wherever large herbivores (moose, deer, caribou, goats, or sheep) are available for food
Moose, deer, caribou, muskoxen, goats, and Dall sheep adults and young; also marmots, beaver, voles, other small mammals
Other wolves occasionally
Social hunting behavior (hunting in packs) allows wolves to prey on large animals such as moose, caribou, and muskoxen.
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