1. DISTRIBUTION OF WOLF, S IN
PAKISTAN

2. Introduction:
• The wolf is a predatory, carnivorous mammal
of the family Canidae.
• Wolf is member of family of animals that
includes dogs and foxes. Highly intelligent
animals with upright ears, sharp, pointed
muzzles and sharp eyes.

3. Among the notable wolves of Pakistan
fauna are:
• Grey wolf. (Canis lupus)
• Tibetan wolf. (Canis lupus campestris)
• Indian wolf. (Canis lupus pallipes)

4. Grey wolf
(Canis lupus)

5. Habitat:
• Historically, Grey wolves have the largest range of
any land mammal, other than people.
• Grey wolf lives in all habitats in the Northern
Hemisphere except for tropical forest. Grey
wolves tend to occupy forests, grassy plains as
well as deserts and mountains.

6. Distribution:
• The grey wolf inhabits the barren rocky
mountainous valleys of
Baltistan, Gilgit, Hunza, Chitral, Upper Swat
and Khunjerab National Park.
• Further West the wolf inhabits the lower hills
of the Baluchistan pleatue where it is
widespread. The wolf is also found in
N.W.F.P, but it is rare in this region. [1]

7. Morphology:
• Head and body length ranges 100- 150 cm.
Shoulder height may be 66-81 cm.
• Weight is 16-60 kg
• The skull is heavy and deep with strong
dentition. The iris is pale grayish-yellow.
• The body is covered with long coarse hairs of
grizzled color with black hairs being
predominant in the dorsal region.

8. Food:
• Extremely variable, but the majority of the
diet is large ungulates. Grey wolves will also
eat smaller prey items, livestock, carrion, and
garbage.

9. Breeding biology
• Time of mating is January to April. Age at sexual
maturity is 22 to 46 months, occasionally 10
months.
• Gestation period is 61-63 days. The dominant pair
breeds, with sub-dominant females under
behaviorally induced reproductive suppression.
• Longevity: up to 13 years in the wild, 16 years in
captivity.

10. Status and Threats
• Least concern according to by
IUCN, 2011(endangered in certain European
localities, least concerned in Pakistan,India
and Nepal
• The wolf has declined greatly in numbers
during the last few decades. Local people kill
the wolf because it is considered destructive
to livestock.

11. Tibetan wolf
(Canis lupus campestris)

12. Habitat:
• The Tibetan Wolf, also known as Woolly Wolf
is native to central Asia. Found at altitudes
especially in Himalayan range.

13. Distribution:
• The Tibetan wolf inhabits the rocky valleys of
Gilgit Baltistan, Chitral, Hunza, Khunjerub
National Park and the upper Swat.
• It is found in Chitral Gol National Park North-
West Frontier Province, in Deosai National
Park near Skardu.

14. Morphology:
• The size of the Tibetan wolves can vary from
58 to 65 inches (from nose to end of tail) and
from 27 to 30 inches high, weighing from 65
to 70 pounds.
• This "woolly wolf" has a long shaggy coat
which seasonally varies in color, usually a
blend of white, yellow, brown, grey, and black.

15. Diet or food habit:
• Amazing hunter with excellent survival skills.
• Its preferred prey includes deer, blue
sheep, and other large mammals.
• When food becomes scarce, it will feed on
smaller animals like marmots, hares, ground
squirrel, and mice. When hunting, the wolf
can reach speeds up to 40 mph.

16. Breeding Biology
• Generally, mating occurs between January and
April, the higher the latitude, the later it
occurs.
• The Tibetan wolf reaches sexual maturity in
its second year.
• The gestation period lasts between 60 and 63
days. The pups, which weigh 0.5 kg at
birth, are born blind, deaf, and completely
dependent on their mother.

17. Status:
• Not reported in IUCN
Threats:
• Local people kill the wolf because it is
considered destructive to livestock.
• The wolf may become extinct in the east of
the country if hunting is not stopped and it is
not protected.
•

18. Indian wolf
(Canis lupus pallipes)

19. Habitat:
• The Indian wolf prefers habitats like
scrublands, grasslands, remote areas, semi-
arid lands and wilderness where they could
find food in abundance and highest prey
biomass.

20. Distribution:
• Indian wolf shelters the southern part of
Pakistan.
• It is found in Cholistan and Thar deserts. It is
found in Baluchistan in the north west Province
(Hazarganji-Chiltan National Park) and (Makran
coast, Nearest Karachi).
• In N.W.F.P, but it is rare in this region. In
Punjab,Indian Wolf is found in Lal Suhanra
National Park, Bahawalpur.

21. Morphology:
 Indian wolves have darker fur, and proportionately
larger heads.
 Fur is usually reddish, but can vary from nearly
pure white, red, or brown to black.
 Height is of about 60-95 cm. Weight ranges from 18
to 27 kg, males heavier than females. They have
dark V-shaped stripes over the shoulders which is
distinctive. The under parts have less fur.

22. Food habits
• They prefer flesh of large to small-sized ungulates.
• Their medium and small sixed prey includes animals
like marmots, foxes, red deer,wild
boar, hares, polecats, mice, ground squirrels, musk
deer, wild
goats, hamsters, rodents, voles, livestock, carrion, wate
r fowl and its eggs and garbage.
• When the food is deficient they go for preys like
lizards, snakes, toads, frogs and big insects. At times
they also eat their young and humans.

23. Breeding Biology:
• Breeding usually occurs in October.
• They attain sexual maturity at the age of 2-3
years which in turn depends upon the
environment factors such food and population
statistics.
• The new born pups are blind and deaf.

24. • Status:
• Indian wolves are declining. The number of
wolves: About 200. Updated 2007.
•
Threats:
• The wolf has declined greatly in numbers
during the last few decades. Local people kill
the wolf because it is considered destructive
to livestock.

25. Fig: Distribution of grey wolf in Pakistan

26. References:
• http://www.wildlifeofpakistan.com/ResearchPap
ers/wolfthesissaad.pdf
• http://www.wildlifeofpakistan.com/wilddogs.htm
l#wolf
• http://www.cosmosmith.com/tibetan_wolf.asp
• Srivastav, A. and Nigam, P. (2009) National
pedigree book of Tibetan wolf.
WII, Dehradun, and CZA, New Delhi, 2009
• http://www.wolf.org/wolves/learn/wow/regions/
Asia/Pakistan.asp