So, there's a problem with these two.
For some odd reason that, really, makes no sense, arctic wolves and timber wolves will immediately fight when placed together in a habitat. Now, why is this a problem?
First off: "Timber wolves" are already a generic wolf, not any particular subspecies, of which Arctic Wolves already fall under. Secondly, regardless of specific subspecies, many different types of wolves are very similar, the biggest difference being geographical location- to the point that, really, if their ranges overlapped, they would interbreed with eachother naturally, and if placed together in a zoo in which they are a male and a female... they wouldn't fight on basis of species, they would breed.
A wolf found in Yellowstone National Park, for example, would be very likely to just breed with an arctic wolf if it ever encountered one, rather than somehow realize it's a different species and pick a fight.
Wolves do not recognize differences in subspecies unless the physical difference is drastic, i.e. Ethiopian wolves vs. a wolf from North America. If many different subspecies of wolves' territories overlapped in the wild, there would not be fighting based on species, there would simply be interbreeding between them.
So even if Timber Wolves weren't already meant to be some super generic "one-size-fits-all" type of wolf, it still would not make sense for them to IMMEDIATELY attack an arctic wolf placed in an enclosure with them, and they should be able to breed with a randomized % determining what the offspring turn out as.
The fact is, it is absolutely ridiculous to limit us to only ONE pattern/color of wolf per group. Arctic wolves are plain white, timber wolves are the same damn shade of gray, same markings, all the time, and for some reason, they must be separate, so it is impossible to have a mix of white and gray wolves in a single group.
This makes 0 sense realistically, as, as has been mentioned many times here, wolves come in MANY different colors and patterns and no two wolves in a pack will look exactly alike in every way.
So, we either need the ability to mix Arctic and Timber wolves in a single pack without infighting, which in general would make sense considering Timber Wolves' status as generic, or we need multiple color and pattern variations for timber wolves. I'd like both, actually.
For some odd reason that, really, makes no sense, arctic wolves and timber wolves will immediately fight when placed together in a habitat. Now, why is this a problem?
First off: "Timber wolves" are already a generic wolf, not any particular subspecies, of which Arctic Wolves already fall under. Secondly, regardless of specific subspecies, many different types of wolves are very similar, the biggest difference being geographical location- to the point that, really, if their ranges overlapped, they would interbreed with eachother naturally, and if placed together in a zoo in which they are a male and a female... they wouldn't fight on basis of species, they would breed.
A wolf found in Yellowstone National Park, for example, would be very likely to just breed with an arctic wolf if it ever encountered one, rather than somehow realize it's a different species and pick a fight.
Wolves do not recognize differences in subspecies unless the physical difference is drastic, i.e. Ethiopian wolves vs. a wolf from North America. If many different subspecies of wolves' territories overlapped in the wild, there would not be fighting based on species, there would simply be interbreeding between them.
So even if Timber Wolves weren't already meant to be some super generic "one-size-fits-all" type of wolf, it still would not make sense for them to IMMEDIATELY attack an arctic wolf placed in an enclosure with them, and they should be able to breed with a randomized % determining what the offspring turn out as.
The fact is, it is absolutely ridiculous to limit us to only ONE pattern/color of wolf per group. Arctic wolves are plain white, timber wolves are the same damn shade of gray, same markings, all the time, and for some reason, they must be separate, so it is impossible to have a mix of white and gray wolves in a single group.
This makes 0 sense realistically, as, as has been mentioned many times here, wolves come in MANY different colors and patterns and no two wolves in a pack will look exactly alike in every way.
So, we either need the ability to mix Arctic and Timber wolves in a single pack without infighting, which in general would make sense considering Timber Wolves' status as generic, or we need multiple color and pattern variations for timber wolves. I'd like both, actually.
