Wolf                          Welcome to Zonein's Animals of the Arctic information files.
Common name: Arctic Wolf, snow wolf or white wolf

Scientific name: Canis lupus arctos

Location: Canadian Arctic, Alaska and Greenland

Size: lengths up to 160cm, weight 50kg

Life Span:  years

Current Status: not endangered

Habitat: tundra

Fast facts:
--- wolves hunt in packs
---diet: seals, muskoxen, caribou, arctic hares, ptarmigan, lemmings, waterfowl
---they can eat up to 9kg of meat in one meal

 

Arctic Wolf
Photo by Ralf Schmode