Canis lupus

		Size: up to 1.50 m long; height at withers 60 to 80 cm. Weight: 10 to 50 kg for females, 20 to 80 kg for males. Distinctive features: wolves are sociable creatures, living in packs.

Reproduction: a she-wolf can give birth to between 4 and 7 cubs. Food: wolves have tremendous stamina: they can pursue their prey for a whole day. Wolves are carnivorous and do not hesitate to attack large animals, but can also make do with rodents or even insects and berries.

Habitat: wolves are very adaptable creatures and can live in all kinds of environments. In the Pyrenees: wiped out by man, wolves had not been seen in the Pyrenees since the 1920s, but they appear to be making a comeback: some wolves have been spotted in the Spanish Basque country. If they cross the mountains from Spain, they could spread through the Pyrenees from the west.

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