prairie wolf
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A prairie wolf, nine months old, was shot.
From Time Magazine Archive
Where we were encamped, that night, on the Second Branch of Grasshopper Creek, we could distinctly hear the hungry howl of the prairie wolf, a new and amusing music to us.
From Narrative of the March of Co. A, Engineers from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Fort Bridger, Utah, and Return May 6 to October 3, 1858 by Seville, William P.
“The prairie wolf to howl in the presence of the tiger!” muttered the ex-herdsman.
From Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora by Reid, Mayne
“But I have heard it said,” rejoined Tiburcio, “that it is the habit of the prairie wolf to follow the jaguar when the latter is in search of prey?”
From Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora by Reid, Mayne
On Grand Prairie, after dark, his ears were made familiar with the peculiar howl of the prairie wolf, numbers of which followed in his track for a distance of two or three miles.
From Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier by Owens, John Algernon
