ONLY ONE SPECIES. 



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But before making farther mention of the wolf, it may be 

 well to say a few words respecting his natural history a 

 subject, as with the bear, partly treated of in my former 

 work. 





THE WOLF. 



The general opinion is, that only the common wolf (Varg, 

 Sw. ; Canis Lupus, Linn.), as depicted above, exists in Scan- 

 dinavia. Professor Nilsson, who at a former period rather 

 imagined the black wolf (Canis Lycaon, Gmel.) to be indi- 

 genous to the peninsula, has now, I believe, come to the 

 same conclusion. 



The wolf breeds only once in the year. The female is 

 said to carry her young for ten weeks, and to bring forth at 

 the end of the month of April or May. Usually she has 



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