<P> Gray wolves typically dominate other canid species in areas where they both occur . In North America, incidents of gray wolves killing coyotes are common, particularly in winter, when coyotes feed on wolf kills . Wolves may attack coyote den sites, digging out and killing their pups, though rarely eating them . There are no records of coyotes killing wolves, though coyotes may chase wolves if they outnumber them . Near identical interactions have been observed in Eurasia between gray wolves and golden jackals, with the latter's numbers being comparatively small in areas with high wolf densities . Gray wolves are the most important predator of raccoon dogs, killing large numbers of them in the spring and summer periods . Wolves also kill red, arctic and corsac foxes, usually in disputes over carcasses, sometimes eating them . In Asia, they may compete with dholes, though there is at least one record of a lone wolf associating with a pair of dholes in Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary . </P> <P> Brown bears typically dominate wolf packs in disputes over carcasses, while wolf packs mostly prevail against bears when defending their den sites . Both species kill each other's young . Wolves eat the brown bears they kill, while brown bears seem to only eat young wolves . Wolf interactions with American black bears are much rarer than with brown bears, because of differences in habitat preferences . The majority of black bear encounters with wolves occur in the species' northern range, with no interactions being recorded in Mexico . Wolves have been recorded on numerous occasions to actively seek out black bears in their dens and kill them without eating them . Unlike brown bears, black bears frequently lose against wolves in disputes over kills . While encounters with brown and black bears appear to be common, polar bears are rarely encountered by wolves, though there are two records of wolf packs killing polar bear cubs . Wolves also kill the cubs of Asian black bears . </P> <P> Wolves may encounter striped hyenas in Israel, Central Asia and India, usually in disputes over carcasses . Striped hyenas feed extensively on wolf - killed carcasses in areas where the two species interact . One - to - one, hyenas dominate wolves, and may prey on them, but wolf packs can drive off single or outnumbered hyenas . However, there was a case of a female striped hyena dominating 12 Arabian wolves . Two cases are known however from southern Israel, where wolves and striped hyenas associated closely with each other in an apparently amicable way . </P> <P> Large wolf populations limit the numbers of small to medium - sized felines . Wolves encounter cougars along portions of the Rocky Mountains and adjacent mountain ranges . Wolves and cougars typically avoid encountering each other by hunting on different elevations . In winter, however, when snow accumulation forces their prey into valleys, interactions between the two species become more likely . Wolves in packs usually dominate cougars and can steal kills . They have been reported killing mothers and their kittens . Wolves hunt steppe cats, and may scavenge from snow leopard kills . Wolves may also reduce Eurasian lynx populations . Wolves may kill lynxes by running them down, or killing them before they can escape into trees . Similar reports of encounters between wolves and bobcats have been documented . </P>

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