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The eastern wolf ( Canis lycaon [5] or Canis lupus lycaon [6] [7] or Canis rufus lycaon ), also known as the timber wolf, [8] Algonquin wolf and eastern timber wolf, [9] is a canine of debated taxonomy native to the Great Lakes region and southeastern Canada. It is considered to be either a unique subspecies of gray wolf or red wolf or a ...
An engraving of a "dusky wolf", an animal once considered a separate species from northern black wolves. Skin of a black-coloured wolf taken from the Mackenzie Valley. The function of the black pigment is largely unknown. A black wolf is a melanistic colour variant of the gray wolf ( Canis lupus ). [1] [2] Black specimens were recorded among ...
The northwestern wolf ( Canis lupus occidentalis ), also known as the Mackenzie Valley wolf, [5] Alaskan timber wolf, [6] or Canadian timber wolf, [7] is a subspecies of gray wolf in western North America. Arguably the largest gray wolf subspecies in the world, it ranges from Alaska, the upper Mackenzie River Valley; southward throughout the ...
The eastern wolf has two proposals over its origin. One is that the eastern wolf is a distinct species (C. lycaon) that evolved in North America, as opposed to the gray wolf that evolved in the Old World, and is related to the red wolf. The other is that it is derived from admixture between gray wolves, which inhabited the Great Lakes area and ...
A wolf's coat colour is determined by its guard hairs. Wolves usually have some hairs that are white, brown, gray and black. The coat of the Eurasian wolf is a mixture of ochreous (yellow to orange) and rusty ochreous (orange/red/brown) colours with light gray. The muzzle is pale ochreous gray, and the area of the lips, cheeks, chin, and throat ...
Wolf spiders are members of the family Lycosidae (from Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos) 'wolf'). They are robust and agile hunters with excellent eyesight. They live mostly in solitude, hunt alone, and usually do not spin webs. Some are opportunistic hunters, pouncing upon prey as they find it or chasing it over short distances; others wait ...
Timber Wolf (character), DC comics character. Timberwolf, a fictional species in the TV series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. Timberwolf, an age-based traditional scouting section in the Baden-Powell Service Association. Timberwolf (web browser), for AmigaOS 4.1. Bruce Fancher, alias "Timberwolf", a computer hacker.
The Minnesota Timberwolves are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis. The Timberwolves compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference. [8] Founded in 1989, the teams majority owner is Glen Taylor who also owns the WNBA 's Minnesota Lynx. [9]