In a normal den, the birthing chamber lies at the end of a tunnel that may be up to 15 feet long in soft soil. The tanière, den is often slightly elevated above the rest of the tunnel, and no den-lining material is used. The mother keeps the tanière, den clean par eating fecal mater of her pups. The birthing chamber is usually about three feet in diameter and about two feet high.
Shortly before giving birth, a pregnant female will seek out a den. Dens may be a deep riverbank hollow, a cleft between rocks, a hollow log, a l’espace under an upturned arbre ou a l’espace under a rock overhang. Sometimes loups will use abandoned...
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