prairie wolf

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A prairie wolf, nine months old, was shot.

From Time Magazine Archive

If I get away I will give the call of the prairie wolf.

From White Otter by Gregor, Elmer Russell

The same diversity is seen in the prairie wolf, and naturalists have been much embarrassed in classifying the various wolves on account of colors, size, &c.

From The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

They saw what appeared to be the head of a prairie wolf rising cautiously above the top of the ridge.

From Three Sioux Scouts by Gregor, Elmer Russell

There are really but two species of wolf in this country—the timber wolf, generally called the gray, and the prairie wolf or coyote.

From Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club by Various