Can a male wolf in a pack mate with another female in the pack.?

Question

If there is a alpha male and a female wolf can't the members in the pack mate, or is it just the alpha male and alpha female. It's me Kisses using my brothers sorry.

Answer 1

"The alpha pair has the greatest amount of social freedom among all the pack members, but they are not "leaders" in the human sense of the term. The alphas do not give the other wolves orders; rather, they simply have the most freedom in choosing where to go, what to do, and when to do it. The rest of the pack usually follows. There are various subordinates, who dominate the omega. The omega is the lowest. It is the baby-sitter and usually more puppy than wolf.

In larger packs, there may be also be a beta wolf or wolves - a "second-in-command" to the alphas. In addition, one wolf typically assumes the role of omega, the lowest-ranking member of a pack. These individuals absorb the greatest amount of aggression from the rest of the pack, and consequently enjoy comparatively few individual privileges.

While most alpha pairs are monogamous with each other, there are exceptions. An alpha animal may preferentially mate with a lower-ranking animal, especially if the other alpha is closely related (a brother or sister, for example). The death of one alpha does not affect the status of the other alpha, who will quickly take another mate. Usually, only the alpha pair is able to successfully rear a litter of pups (other wolves in a pack may breed, and may even produce pups, but usually they lack the freedom or the resources to raise the pups to maturity). All the wolves in the pack assist in raising wolf pups. Some mature individuals, usually females, may choose to stay in the original pack so as to reinforce it and help rear more pups. Most, males particularly, will disperse, however."

http://www.wolfcountry.net/information/WolfPack.html

Answer 2

Only the Alpha male and female are allowed to mate.

Excerpt from Wikipedia... Normally, only the alpha pair of the pack breeds (this is a kind of organization also found in other pack-hunting canids, including the Dhole and the African Hunting Dog). Mating occurs between January and April — the higher the latitude, the later it occurs.[21] A pack usually produces a single litter, unless the alpha male mates with one or more subordinate females. Under normal circumstances, the alpha female tries to prevent this during mating season by dominating the other females and keeping them away from the alpha male.

During the mating season, breeding wolves become very affectionate with one another in anticipation of the female's ovulation cycle. Overall, pack tension rises as each mature wolf feels urged to mate. In fact, during this time, the alpha male and alpha female may be forced to aggressively prevent other wolves from mating with one another.[20] Under normal circumstances, a pack can only support one litter per year; so the dominance of the alpha wolves is beneficial in the long run.

Answer 3

Mostly only the alpha male and female mate, sometimes the male will mate with other females in the pack and rarely, the alpha female will mate with other males. It depends on pack size and prevalence of wolves in the area - they do it for population control.

Don't be thinking the other wolves in the pack never get any though! Remember wolves will sometimes leave a pack and start their own - and when litters are born there may be a new alpha male born, which will either usurp the current alpha or go and start his own pack. There are also lone wolves around who may mate with other lone wolves and start a pack.

Cool site about wolves here:
http://www.wolfcountry.net/information/WolfReproduction.html

Chalice

Answer 4

Usually so that the pups then have the best features, it is the alpha male and alpha female, but sometimes the alpha male can get a bit 'frisky' and mate with all of them (or others then the alpha female) sometimes all in the same day!!!
But usually it is just the alpha's...if the male did mate with the alpha female and a lower rank female then the pup from the alpha female will then automatically be on a higher rank than the other pup from the lower ranking female in that pack
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Answer 5

The alpha male is the only male allowed to mate. The alpha female will not let any of the other females get some sex-action either. So, yes, only those two get some play/sex.

Answer 6

Yea they can. The Alpha Male can mate with any female. At least that's what I think. But the Alphess is the one who mostly mates with the Alpha. You like wolves or something? Cause I sure do.

Answer 7

Speaking of wolves here. It isn't very likely and is affected by the amount of food available in the packs territory. "Although in rare cases a non-alpha pair will mate, according to one study, "Twenty to forty percent of the packs contain at least two adult females produce two litters"."

Answer 8

the alpha pair are the only two who will mate

Answer 9

yes but the alpha female will get really mad.

Answer 10

ALL OF THE ANSWERS HERE ARE SOMEWHAT CORRECT BUT THE FACT IS:WOLVES,JUST LIKE HUMANS,DON'T ALWAYS PLAY BY THE RULES. YES THERE IS "CHEATING" AND IN- BREADING THAT LEADS TO DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES.I WOULD SAY IT HAPPENS FAR LESS IN WOLVES THAN IN HUMANS.