# 302M > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/302M > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/302M.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/302M > Source revision: 1344314304 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Notable wolf}} {{More citations needed|date=July 2018}} {{Infobox animal | name = 302M | image = | image_upright = | caption = | othername = The Casanova | species = Canis lupus | breed = Gray Wolf | gender = Male | birth_date = {{birth date text|2000}} | birth_place = [Yellowstone National Park](/source/Yellowstone_National_Park) | death_date = {{death date text|2009}} | death_place = [Yellowstone National Park](/source/Yellowstone_National_Park) | death_cause = Fight | employer = | role = | known_for = Featuring in multiple documentaries | tricks = | residence = | parents = | mate = | children = | namedafter = }} '''302M''', also known as '''"The Casanova"''' (2000–2009), was a [wolf](/source/wolf) in the [Yellowstone Wolf Project](/source/History_of_wolves_in_Yellowstone). He was featured in the [PBS](/source/PBS) documentary ''In the Valley of the Wolves'' and [National Geographic](/source/National_Geographic_Channel)'s documentary ''Rise of Black Wolf''. ==Early life== He was born in 2000 to the Leopold alpha wolves #7F and #2M and was a nephew to famous Druid alpha wolf #21M (#7F's half brother).{{cite book |last=McIntyre |first=Rick|title=The redemption of wolf 302 : from renegade to Yellowstone alpha male|date=2021 |isbn=9781771645287|pages=223|publisher=Greystone Books }} He dispersed from the pack in 2003 and mingled with the Druid Peak Pack dominant breeding pair's (wolves #21M & #42F) daughters during the breeding season of 2003. Whilst 21M was in charge he raised a litter. The following spring, he opportunistically visited his pups when the Druid Peak Pack dominant breeding pair were away. ==Joined Druid Peak pack== Later, in 2004, both dominant breeders of the Druid Peak Pack died. Wolf #42F was killed by another wolf pack in early February 2004 and Wolf #21M was found dead on Specimen Ridge in June 2004. With these events, he joined the pack permanently as the assumed new dominant breeding male. However, his nephew, Wolf #480M stepped up in that role shortly after.McIntyre, p. 14, 25{{cite bioRxiv |last1=vonHoldt |first1=Bridgett M. |last2=DeCandia |first2=Alexandra L. |last3=Cassidy |first3=Kira A. |last4=Stahler |first4=Erin E. |last5=Sinsheimer |first5=Janet S. |last6=Smith |first6=Douglas W. |last7=Stahler |first7=Daniel R. |title=High retention of genomic variation and fitness-related traits in the effective population of reintroduced wolves in Yellowstone National Park |date=20 February 2022 |biorxiv=10.1101/2022.02.18.481090 }} In 2006, only 4 wolves remained (302M, 480M, and two yearling females from the last litter of 21M).{{cite report |title=Yellowstone Wolf Project—Annual Report 2006 |url=https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/upload/wolfrpt06.pdf|publisher=National Park Service |date=2007 |last1=Smith, Douglas W.|last2=Stahler, Daniel R.|last3=Guernsey, Debra S.|last4=Metz, Matthew|last5=Nelson, Abigail|last6=Albers, Erin|last7=McIntyre, Rick}} The dominant breeding female was collared as Wolf #529F and her sister, Wolf 569F was collared on the last day of 2006. All 4 wolves bred in 2006 and produced a total of 11 pups in two litters, reviving the famous Druid Pack.{{cite report |title=Yellowstone Wolf Project—Annual Report 2006 |url=https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/upload/wolfrpt06.pdf|publisher=National Park Service |date=2007 |last1=Smith, Douglas W.|last2=Stahler, Daniel R.|last3=Guernsey, Debra S.|last4=Metz, Matthew|last5=Nelson, Abigail|last6=Albers, Erin|last7=McIntyre, Rick}} ==Left Druid Peak== In late 2008, Wolf 302M decided to disperse from the pack with a group of five younger males (his nephews and sons), drifting through rival pack territories until joining four females of the Agate Creek Pack, one adult, one young adult, and two yearlings, to form the Blacktail Plateau pack in late 2008, which 302M began leading. The name of the pack comes from the location their territory was centered on and it was the natal land of Wolf 302M as the Blacktail Plateau was the core of the Leopold Pack territory.{{cite report |title=Yellowstone Wolf Project—Annual Report 2008 |url=https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/upload/wolf-ar-2008.pdf|publisher=National Park Service |date=2009 |last1=Smith, Douglas W.|last2=Stahler, Daniel R.|last3=Albers, Erin|last4=Metz, Matthew|last5=Williamson, Libby|last6=Ehlers, Nick|last7=Cassidy, Kira|last8=Irving, Joshua|last9=Raymond, Rebecca|last10=Almberg, Emily|last11=McIntyre, Rick}} In October 2009, he died from wounds inflicted by other wolves.{{cite report |title=Yellowstone Wolf Project—Annual Report 2009 |url=https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/upload/wolf_ar_2009_final.pdf|publisher=National Park Service |date=2010 |last1=Smith, Douglas W.|last2=Stahler, Daniel|last3=Albers, Erin|last4=McIntyre, Rick|last5=Metz, Matthew|last6=Cassidy, Kira|last7=Irving, Joshua|last8=Raymond, Rebecca|last9=Zaranek, Hilary|last10=Anton, Colby|last11=Bowersock, Nate}}{{cite web |url=https://www.yellowstonereports.com/report.php?date=2015&cid=585 |title=Decoding 302M: Obtaining genetic insight into one of Yellowstone's most unique wolves |website=Yellowstone Reports |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305071011/https://www.yellowstonereports.com/report.php?date=2015&cid=585 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |date=December 19, 2010 |author=Nathan Varley |access-date= July 15, 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxnWXb8kHkg |title=Black Wolf / Special Documentary |work=National Geographic |via=YouTube |access-date=July 15, 2015 |archive-date=November 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108203213/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxnWXb8kHkg&feature=youtu.be |url-status=dead }} ==See also== * [List of wolves](/source/List_of_wolves) ==References== {{reflist}} Category:2000 animal births Category:2009 animal deaths Category:Individual animals in the United States Category:Individual wild animals Category:Individual wolves Category:Yellowstone National Park Category:Wolves in the United States --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [302M](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/302M) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/302M?action=history)). 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