Wolves are the second-smallest of the canine species in the Mazes, only larger than [[fox|foxes]]. Type-designated ''canis lupus'', 11 different subspecies (called ''races'' or ''breeds'') have been identified as native to the Mazes, all of which have been domesticated or tamed at some point by sapients. The wolf breed pictured in the infobox is the ''brown wolf'' (''canis lupus lupus'' - known in the real world as the Eurasian wolf), the most common and therefore the nominate subspecies. On average, a typical wolf will be between 2 and 4 feet tall, and weighs 45 to 90 pounds, depending on subspecies and specific individuals.
Wolves are social creatures that usually travel in packs, each one composed of about 10 to 20 to 40 individuals and usually led by an alpha, . Most of the wolf considered the leader of its wolves within a pack. Four out of five alphas are malerelated, but all are generally with the most respected among their peers, if not the oldest active breeders typically becoming dominant and strongestacting as pack leaders. Wolf packs split into squads, usually one to five wolves in each, and these squads roam the Mazes as hunters and scavengers. On occasion, "rogue" squads form, splitting off from larger packs and traveling on their own, eventually forming new packs in time.
In the Mazes, wolves have retained their semi-nomadic nature, frequently traveling from place to place and displacing their "territory" as they move out and about. However, like many other creatures, they have evolved to understand the concept of doors, and frequently jump on door handles to pass through into the next area, even letting the last members of their packs close doors behind themselves.