The gray wolf has many adaptations that help it survive. One of the gray wolf's structural adaptations is its teeth and claws, its teeth and claws helps it too hunt and kill its prey in a short time. Another structural adaptations is its fur. Their coasts are made up of wooly fur to provide insulation and its large paws have fleshy pads and claws for traction and can spread to provide better support in the snow.
Behavioural Adaptations
Wolves howl for a variety of reasons, including family bonding, hunting, and communicating with wolves outside the pack. Although all wolves will howl in the same key, each wolf has his or her own specific voice. Wolves will typically join in when a single wolf starts howling. Wolves howl in different pitches and the pitch of each wolf’s howl starts low and rises as the howl continues, creating an illusion that the pack is larger than it really is.
Even though the gray wolf has a simple stomach, it is large enough to store as much as 20 lbs of food. This helps the animal go without food for extended periods of time, which may at times extend to a period of two weeks.
Physiological Adaptations
A gray wolf's sense of smell is 100 times greater than the humans, this allows wolves to locate prey and sense changes to their environment, such as the presence of predators.
Gray wolf's eyes are extremely sensitive to movements, it's designed to help the animals to sense the presence of predators and prey.
It also has a reflective retina, this improves their night vision, and it's hearing is 20 times sharper than human.