Gray wolf
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THE REAL WORLD
The real Gray wolf
- Scientific name
- Canis lupus
- Japanese name
- タイリクオオカミ
- Group
- Land mammals
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Canidae
- Genus
- Canis
This page covers the gray wolf as a species; wolves in Europe and Russia are classed as the subspecies Eurasian wolf.
It lives widely across the Northern Hemisphere, in many kinds of places from Arctic tundra to forests, prairies and dry lands.
It lives in packs built around a male–female pair and their young and other relatives, and eats animals such as deer, wild boar and rabbits.
A pack has a ranking order, and the top-ranked male and female pair produce the young. The other members help raise the pups and hunt.
How the Gray wolf lives
It usually travels long distances at night. It finds prey by chance or by scent. It usually hunts smaller prey alone. In spring and summer, packs stay in one area while raising pups.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Size
- Head and body length: 105–160 cmShoulder height: 72–85 cm多摩動物公園
- Weight
- 32–80 kg多摩動物公園
- Active
- By day and by nightUniversity of Michigan Animal Diversity Web
- Diet
- Deer, wild boar, rabbits, fish, amphibians, reptiles and other animals多摩動物公園
- Range
- Europe, Russia and Siberia多摩動物公園
Where the Gray wolf has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- タイリクオオカミ
- 简体中文
- 狼
- 繁體中文
- 狼
- 한국어
- 회색늑대
- Español
- Lobo
- Français
- Loup
- Deutsch
- Wolfe
- Português (Brasil)
- Lobo
- Italiano
- Lupo grigio
- हिन्दी
- भेड़िया
- العربية
- ذئب رمادي
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Serigala
- Tiếng Việt
- Sói xám
- Русский
- Волк
- Türkçe
- Kurt
- ไทย
- หมาป่า
- বাংলা
- নেকড়ে
- اردو
- بھیڑیا
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 多摩動物公園 — タイリクオオカミ（ヨーロッパオオカミ）Checked: 2026-11-03
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Canis lupusChecked: 2026-11-03
- Smithsonian National Zoo — Gray wolfChecked: 2026-11-05
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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