Description: Wolves are bushy tailed, long legged canines with erect, triangular ears and long muzzles. The feet are sturdy paws with strongish, unretractile claws, including a raised fifth toe on the fore-paw that is usually called a dew claw. Coat: Basically white with grey tips to all the fur on the upper parts and on the backs of the ears. The face is sometimes mostly white, sometimes mostly grey and some animals may be almost black all over. The eyes are very pale green and the nose and claws black. The underparts, and very often the legs, are white. All the grey areas are set off by light, reddish brown, varying from individual to individual. Pups are usually darker than the adults.
Size: Head and body length 100-150 cm, tail length 31-51 cm, shoulder height 66-100 cm. Males are generally larger than females.
Weight: 12-75 kg. Males generally larger than females.
Senses: Wolves have good eyesight and have excellent ears and noses. Wolves use scent to help them identify one another and leave markers that can inform other wolves of their health, age, breeding condition, sex and social status. They also howl to infom other packs where their pack is and how strong they are.
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