Territory

This experment done when documented three separate instances in which alpha male Gray Wolves (Canis lupus) scent marked and remained in their original pack's territory after all the other members of the original pack were gone due to death or dispersal. They continued to scent mark until they attracted another mate to the territory and began a new pack. Schultz, R. N. Wilson, P. C. 2002. Territorial Making by Lone Male Gray Wolves,(Canis Lupus). Vol. 116. Issue 2, pg. 311-313.