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How far have dispersing gray wolves been known to travel?
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Gray wolf (Canis lupus).
Gray wolves are renowned for their wide-ranging travels and ability to cover significant distances. When young wolves leave their packs to search for a mate, establish a new territory, or potentially start their own pack, they have been known to travel as far as 886 km (550 miles).1