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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 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 PowerPoint Presentation that includes: • Animal Classifications: – Domain – Kingdom – Phylum – Class – Order – Family – Genus, – Species – Interesting facts related to the animal and Yellowstone National Park Questions 11
