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Interior Alaskan Wolf Skull Replica measures 11.2 inches & is museum quality polyurethane cast. Interior Alaskan Wolf Skull Replica is 2-part skull (separate cranium and jaw). Made in USA. Known as Alaskan Wolf.
Wolf skulls are large and heavy, with a wide forehead, strong jaws, and a long, blunt muzzle. The Skull is flat from the top of the skull to the tip of the nose. They have two dome-shaped projections from the base of their skulls.
The Interior Alaskan Wolf has a height of 33.5 in. and a male weight of 124 lb. and for females 85 lb.
The most common color for this subspecies is tawny grey or tan, but can also range from white to black. The lifespan ranges from 4 to 10 years, the oldest being 12 years.
Average pack size is 7 to 9 wolves, but can vary; like other wolves, the pack consists of a mated pair and their offspring. The pair is usually the only ones that breed.
A Interior Alaskan Wolf that has left its pack may travel up to 310.7 miles to breed. The minimum breeding age is 1 year, and the average litter size is 4–6 pups.
The diet of the Interior Alaskan Wolf varies by region – moose is the main prey in southern Yukon, followed by Boreal woodland caribou and Dall sheep. Barren-ground caribou is main prey in the North Slope.
When hunting moose, wolves mainly kill calves and old moose when fleeing. Usually the hunting success rate for moose is 10% in one hunt, and a pack usually kill a moose every 5 to 6 days to eat for 2 – 3 days. Moose are more likely to stand their ground than Caribou, which tend to flee, decreasing their survival rate.
The Interior Alaskan Wolf usually kill a Caribou every 3 days during winter and eat for a day. Dall sheep are common prey in Kluane Game Sanctuary and National Park when moose and caribou are not available.
In pre-colonial Canada, the local Aboriginal population hunted this wolf for its fur. This continued into the 1800s, with colonists selling wolf furs to Aboriginal tribes in the area, who used them to line their clothing.
The first true mapping of the wolf population in the Yukon began in the 1950s and, subsequently, a program of wolf-poisoning began. This came about because of the public stigma regarding wolves during the time.
In early 2009, the US Board of Game passed through a plan by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game that allowed ” the state to hire private helicopters to kill Interior Alaskan wolves.” The plan itself had been given to the Board of Game after the period of public comment has passed, which made it so that the public had no say in the plan or its workings.
The Alaska division of the Defenders of Wildlife was outraged over these actions, stating that “the Palin administration and the Board of Game are acting with complete disregard for the Interior Alaskan Wolf scientific wildlife management.”
