Here is the latest Yellowstone Wolf data in tabular form

9-26-97 

This is accurate as of September 24, 1997. Please note that wolf locations are always subject
to change. These date were made available by the wolf team at Yellowstone National Park. I have modified their format somewhat and have updated a few things. . . . Ralph Maughan
 
Total wolf packs = 9
Total free-ranging wolves = 96 + 3 with unknown fates + 1 unconfirmed
pup = 100
Total pups observed during 1997 breeding season to date (includes
mortalities not listed) = 64
Captive wolf = 1 canid in Nez Perce pen (not included in population)
TOTAL WOLF POPULATION TO DATE = 100 (Please note that this count is likely to include pup mortalities not yet discovered)
 
_ = denotes females with pups
_ = denotes visual sighting of pup born during the 1997 breeding season
  

Crystal Creek Pack
 
Wolf no.   Age  Color  Social Status   Location
 
_005F     adult   gray         alpha      Pelican Valley
 
006M     adult   black        alpha                 "
 
_118?      pup    black    subordinate           "
 
_119?      pup    black     subordinate          "
 
_120?     pup     gray      subordinate           "
 
_121?    pup      gray      subordinate           "
 
_122?    pup      gray      subordinate           "
  

Leopold Pack
 
Wolf no. Age  Color     Social Status     Location
 
002M    adult  black           alpha       Blacktail Plateau area
 
_007F   adult  gray            alpha                     "
 
054?   1 year  gray         subordinate               "
 
055?   1 year  gray         subordinate               "
 
056?   1 year  black        subordinate              "
 
_095? pup    gray            subordinate              "
 
_096? pup    gray            subordinate              "
 
_097? pup    gray            subordinate              "
 
_098? pup   black           subordinate               "
 
_099? pup  black            subordinate               "
  

Soda Butte Pack
 
Wolf no.  Age    Color Social Status          Location
 
_014F    adult     gray      alpha         Heart Lake area
 
024F   2 years    black   subordinate                "
 
043M  1 year      gray    subordinate                "
 
044F   1 year      black    subordinate               "
 
_123?    pup        gray     subordinate               "
 
_124?    pup        gray     subordinate               "
 
_125?   pup         gray    subordinate                "
 
_126?  pup         black    subordinate                "
  

Druid Peak Pack
 
Wolf no.  Age   Color    Social Status         Location
 
031M    adult     gray      subordinate     Lamar Valley area
 
038M    adult    gray           alpha                      "
 
039F     adult  silver gray  uncertain                  "
 
040F     adult    gray          uncertain                  "
 
_041F   adult   black          uncertain                 "
 
_042F   adult   black          uncertain                 "
 
_103?   pup     black         subordinate               "
 
_104?   pup     black         subordinate               "
 
_105?   pup      black         subordinate              "
 
_106?  pup       gray          subordinate              "
 
_107?  pup      gray           subordinate              "
  

Rose Creek Pack
 
Wolf no.   Age      Color    Social Status               Location
 
 008M      adult       gray           alpha              west of Lamar Valley  
_009F      adult       black           alpha             west of Lamar Valley
 _018F    2 years    black          uncertain        west of Lamar Valley            
 021M    2 years     black         uncertain        west of Lamar Valley
  051?      1 year      gray        subordinate      west of Lamar Valley  
  052?      1 year     black        subordinate      west of Lamar Valley  
  053?      1 year     black        subordinate      west of Lamar Valley
_077?    18's pup    black       subordinate       west of Lamar Valley  
_078?    18's pup    black       subordinate       west of Lamar Valley  
_079?    18's pup    black       subordinate       west of Lamar Valley
 _080?   18's pup    black       subordinate       west of Lamar Valley  
_081?    18's pup    black       subordinate       west of Lamar Valley
 
_082?    18's pup    gray        subordinate       west of Lamar Valley  
_083?    18's pup    gray        subordinate       west of Lamar Valley
_084?    18's pup    gray        subordinate       west of Lamar Valley
 
_085?    9's pup     gray         subordinate       west of Lamar Valley  
_086?    9's pup     gray         subordinate       west of Lamar Valley    
_087?    9's pup     gray         subordinate       west of Lamar Valley  
_088?    9's pup    black         subordinate       west of Lamar Valley
_089?    9's pup    black         subordinate       west of Lamar Valley  
_090?    9's pup   unknown    subordinate       west of Lamar Valley  
_101?  18's pup     gray          subordinate      west of Lamar Valley  
_102?  18's pup   unknown    subordinate       west of Lamar Valley
  

Chief Joseph Pack
 
Wolf no.  Age     Color        Social Status                Location
 
_016F   2 years  black               alpha                      unknown  
  033F     adult    black               alpha                NW area of park
 034M     adult    gray                alpha                NW area of park   
_109?  16's pup black            subordinate         Daly Creek area  
_110?  16's pup black            subordinate               unknown  
_111?  16's pup  gray             subordinate        Daly Creek area  
_112?  16's pup  gray             subordinate              unknown
_113?  17's pup  gray             subordinate         NW area of park
_114?  17's pup  gray             subordinate         NW area of park   
_115?  17's pup  gray             subordinate         NW area of park    
_116?  17's pup  gray             subordinate         NW area of park   
_117?  17's pup  gray             subordinate         NW area of park
 
Newly Released Wolves 
 
Wolf no.   Age   Color         Social Status                 Location
 
027F       adult   gray            unknown                  Gravelly Range  (Note: the
Gravely Range is about 30 miles west of the Park on the fringes of the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem).
 029M     adult    gray              alpha                     Gravelly Range  
_037F    2 years   gray            unknown                 Gravelly Range  
 070M   1 year    gray           subordinate               Gravelly Range  
_092M    pup      gray           subordinate              Gravelly Range   
_093M    pup      gray           subordinate              Gravelly Range  
_094M    pup      gray           subordinate             Gravelly Range
  

Thorofare Pack
 
Wolf no.   Age   Color        Social Status                    Location
 
_030F     adult    gray             alpha                       The Thorofare (SE corner of Yellowstone on  the Upper Yellowstone River -- remote!!) 
 035M     adult    black            alpha                       The Thorofare 
_127?      pup      gray        subordinate                  The Thorofare  
_128?      pup      black       subordinate                  The Thorofare   
_129?      pup      black       subordinate                  The Thorofare  
_130?      pup      black       subordinate                  The Thorofare  
_131?      pup      black       subordinate                  The Thorofare
  
Washakie Pack
 
Wolf no.  Age   Color         Social Status                    Location
 
 015M     adult   black             alpha                 SE of Yellowstone -Du Noir Valley  
_026F   2 years   gray               alpha                SE of Yellowstone -Du Noir Valley  
_132?      pup     black          subordinate          SE of Yellowstone -Du Noir Valley  
_133?      pup     black          subordinate          SE of Yellowstone -Du Noir Valley  
_134?      pup     gray            subordinate          SE of Yellowstone -Du Noir Valley   
_135?      pup     gray            subordinate          SE of Yellowstone -Du Noir Valley
_???        pup  unknown                sighting of this pup has not been confirmed
  

Sawtooth Yearlings
 
Wolf no.   Age     Color         Social Status                     Location
 
063F      1 year    gray             unknown                         unknown  
065F      1 year    gray             unknown              west of Yellowstone Park (It is unclear to me whether these wolves are also in the Gravelly Range) 
067F     1 year    black            unknown               west of Yellowstone Park  
072M   1 year     gray             unknown               west of Yellowstone Park
  

Lone Wolf
 
 048F    1 year       gray                 loner                               unknown
  

Un-monitorable Free-ranging Wolves
 
023M   2 years    black                     This wolf dispersed as a yearling from the Rose Creek
Pack during Dec 1996. Because it is not radio collared, it is unsure as to the fate of the wolf.
 
049? or 1 year    gray                      These 2 pups were possibly seen with
050?      1 year    gray                      039F near Springdale, Montana on 12/12/96. Of course,
                                                       no. 39 has since rejoined the Druid Peak pack. Their mother, R27F, was captured and placed in the Nez Perce pen on 01/16/97 and is now in the Gravelly Range with the other wolves that were realeased in June.  Neither of the pups is radio-collared; accordingly, the fate of these pups is a mystery.
  

Captive Wolf
 
Big Sandy canid        adult    gray              n/a                       Nez Perce pen
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