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Canis lupus

noun

A wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North America. Synonyms: gray wolf, grey wolf, timber wolf.

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Canis lupus tundrarum

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... details. The accurate and sagacious Richardson says, "The resemblance between the Northern American wolves (Canis lupus, var. occidentalis) and the domestic dogs of the Indians is so great that the size and strength of the wolf seems to be the only difference. I have more than once mistaken a band of wolves for the dogs of a party of Indians; and the howl of ...

— The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication - Volume I • Charles Darwin

Words linked to "Canis lupus" : Canis lupus tundrarum, wolf, gray wolf