prairie wolf

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A prairie wolf, nine months old, was shot.

From Time Magazine Archive

It, too, seemed to be the head of a prairie wolf.

From Three Sioux Scouts by Gregor, Elmer Russell

I had no fear of them; for Ben had told me that the prairie wolf is a cowardly animal, and will seldom molest a man, unless driven to it by famine.

From The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier by Drayson, A.W.

Only hard men continue in that service, and perhaps the prairie wolf alone knows what becomes of some of the unfit who try it.

From By Right of Purchase by Bindloss, Harold

Having done that, he ordered them to ride slowly forward until he raised the cry of the prairie wolf.

From White Otter by Gregor, Elmer Russell