2. SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Canis Lycaon

3. ANATOMY AND APPEARANCE The eastern wolf is smaller than most wolves.

4. SURVIVAL STATUS Extinct Threatened Endangered Special Concern

5. THE EASTERN WOLF’S DIET The eastern wolf’s main food source is the white tailed deer.

6. HABITAT AND RANGE The eastern wolf’s range of habitat spans from southern Quebec to around the middle Ontario.

7. LIFE CYCLE

8. REPRODUCTION AND YOUNG

9. BEHAVIOR Eastern wolves will stay hidden in the forest because have learned to fear humans over the years.

10. PREDATORS AND ENEMIES The main enemy and predator of the eastern wolf are humans.

11. THREATS TO THE EASTERN WOLF There are many different reasons why the eastern wolves numbers are decreasing.

12. PROTECTION/CONSERVATION There are laws in Ontario that state that you cannot hunt Eastern wolves year round

13. DEFENSE MECHANISMS

14. WHAT WE CAN DO

15. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EASTERN WOLF

16. BIBLIOGRAPHY Eco kids ‘Eastern wolf’ http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/field_guide/mammal s/wolf.cfm Nov.2 Nature Conservancy Canada Eastern wolf http://www.natureconservancy.ca/en/what-we-do/resource- centre/featured-species/eastern-wolf.html Nov. 16

17. BIBLIOGRAPHY Ontario.ca ‘ Eastern Wolf’ Mauro, Bill http://www.ontario.ca/environment-and-energy/eastern-wolf Nov.12 Ontario’s Biodiversity Eastern wolf http://www.rom.on.ca/ontario/risk.php?doc_type=fact&id=287 Oct. 23 Parks Canada ‘ Eastern wolf’ Last updated: May 1,2014 http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/nature/eep-sar/itm3/eep-sar3l/3.aspx Oct.24

18. BIBLIOGRAPHY The science behind Algonquin’s animals ‘The Eastern wolf’ http://www.sbaa.ca/projects.asp?cn=314 Nov.3 Wolf Facts and info