• Pups of the maned wolf are born with short legs, but in adults, the legs lengthen due to growth of the shank and the metatarsal. Leg lengthening occurs in the same way as in cheetahs.
• In captivity it has lived more than 15 years.

Maned wolves typically live from 5 to 15 years, with a maximum lifespan of 16 years and 10 months, and a theoretical lifespan ranging from 8 years and 5 months to 16 years and 10 months. The species reaches sexual maturity between 1 year and 6 months and 2 years and 6 months of age. The young’s eyes open between 1 week and 3 days and 2 weeks and 2 days after birth, and they begin to walk between 2 weeks and 4 days and 4 weeks. During the embryonic stage, the fetus develops inside the mother for approximately two months and does not feed independently. The newborn is blind and toothless, lives with its parents, drinks milk, and gradually learns to find food during the infant stage. Adult maned wolves live independently or with a partner, can reproduce, and obtain food, and this adult stage lasts from 1 year to 13 years and 8 months.