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wood wolf
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
a small wolf, Canis latrans, usually associated with the prairies but found across Canada, mainly in the region south of the range of the larger timber wolf.
See: brush wolf
Quotations
1908
I think the wood wolf inhabiting the plains country is much smaller than the kind found further north, and also lighter in color. . . .
2
a large, usually gray, wolf, Canis lupus occidentalis, found in the northern forest.
See: timber wolf
Quotations
1922
. . . we saw an exciting chase between a large wood wolf and a caribou.