THE BLACK WOLF. 



Lupus tycoon. 



PLATE IL 



This species is at least equal in stature to the com- 

 mon wolf, and even stronger in the limbs and 

 shoulders. Though likewise an occupant of woody 

 covers, it is more exclusively found in rocky moun- 

 tains and elevated ranges ; although we doubt whe- 

 ther the whitish variety before mentioned, as well as 

 the harpagus of Oppian, do not in reality belong 

 to this species. It is certainly distinct from the 

 common, notwithstanding that it inhabits the same 

 latitudes, for they do not mix. 



There are some indications of a more placable 

 nature about the black, and of the probability that 

 they would breed with domestic dogs a more pro- 

 lific intermediate race. The variety best known is 

 the Pyrenean wolf, or lobo of Spain, and is entirely 

 black ; some have a few white hairs on the breast. 

 They are exceedingly ferocious and shy. A pair 

 confined in the king's menagerie at Paris produced 

 whelps equally untameable, and yet they had a 

 different physiognomy and varied in the colour of 

 the fur. Mons. Frederick Cuvier, in his notice of 



