Amaruq • Wolf

The Arctic Wolf is a subspecies of the grey wolf and live throughout the Arctic including the most northern Canadian Arctic islands. It is debated whether they predominantly feed off of hares or muskoxen and it may be relative to their location and vary between the two.

Innu-aimun Common Additional Terms

Nape-maikan;Nape-manikai Malewolf
Ishkue-maikan Femalewolf
Maikaniss;Manikaniss Smallwolf, youngwolf,wolf cub

Nushe-maikan;Nushe-manikai Femalewolf (during reproductive years)

Source:  Les Éditions Tshakapesh, 2018. Uashat, Quebec

Main Photo Credit: Eurasian wolf at Polar Zoo in Bardu, Norway by Mas3cf, 2016. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eurasian_wolf_2.jpg. Licenced with CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0.
Second Photo Credit: Wolf by Doug Smith, 2007. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf#/media/File:Yellowstone_Wolves.jpg. Licenced with Public Domain.
Third Photo Credit: Arctic Wolf by Outward_bound, 2015. https://wordpress.org/openverse/image/6af1ced5-d412-4f14-b0e6-c753bfdbeb81. Licenced with CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0