Animals of Yellowstone The Grey Wolf Animal Classifications

Animals of Yellowstone The Grey Wolf

Animal Classifications Classification Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Grey Wolf Eukara Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Canidae Canis lupis

Habitat Characteristics • Food Web • Foods/Method of Feeding • Offspring

Food Web

History of the Wolf and Yellowstone 1872 1926 1940’s 1973 1995 -1996 • Yellowstone National Park created • Wolves in decline • No legal protection for wolves • Wolf population absent from Yellowstone • Campaign to reintroduce Wolves begins • Endangered Species Act passed • Opened road to legal reintroduction • Wolves reintroduced into Yellowstone

Ecological Impact of Reintroduction ELK POPULATION DECLINE CHANGE IN FLORA CHANGE IN PREDATORS RISE IN WOLF KILL FLORA OF COYOTES FOXES BEAVERS SCAVENGERS

Removal from Endangered Species List • 2008 status changed from Endangered Experimental Population Non Essential • 2009 - State wildlife authorities enacted quota based hunting seasons on wolves • Wolves within park boundaries still fully protected

The Grey Wolf

Assignment: Choose an Animal of Yellowstone National Park • BISON • BEAR (BLACK AND GRIZZLIES) • MOOSE • ELK • BADGER • OTTER • DEER ( MULE DEER, PRONG HORN DEER, WHITE TAIL) • BIG HORN SHEEP

Assignment Overview • Select another animal from Yellowstone (bear, buffalo, etc) • Prepare a Power. Point Presentation that includes: • Animal Classifications: – Domain – Kingdom – Phylum – Class – Order – Family – Genus, – Species – Interesting facts related to the animal and Yellowstone National Park

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