Killing and Caching of an Adult White-tailed Deer, Odocoileus virginianus, by a Single Gray Wolf, Canis lupus

Authors

  • Michael E. Nelson U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, 8711-37th Street Southeast, Jamestown, North Dakota 58401

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v125i2.1200

Keywords:

Gray Wolf, Canis lupus, White-tailed Deer, Odocoileus virginianus, caching, surplus killing

Abstract

A single Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) killed an adult male White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and cached the intact carcass in 76 cm of snow. The carcass was revisited and entirely consumed between four and seven days later. This is the first recorded observation of a Gray Wolf caching an entire adult deer.

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Vol. 125 No. 2 (2011)

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