Gray Wolf 



Varieties of the Gray Fox 



Gray Fox. Urocyon cinereoargenteus (Schreber). Range and de- 

 scription as above. 



Florida Gray Fox. U. cinereoargenteus floridanus Rhoads. 

 Smaller, fur coarser, and fulvous of breast paler, with no 

 white on the under parts. 

 Range. Southern Georgia and Florida. 



Wisconsin Gray Fox. U. cinereoargenteus ocythous Bangs. Larger 

 with more yellow and rusty tints and less pure gray than 

 the eastern gray fox. 

 Range. Upper Mississippi Valley. 



Gray Wolf 



Cants occidentalis (Richardson) 

 Called also Timber Wolf. 



Length. 4 feet 9 inches. 



Description. Prevailing colour gray; dark, almost black along the 

 back, with a dusky patch on the shoulder and hips. Some- 

 times more rufous. (Illustrations facing p. 284.) 



Range. Formerly over most of North America, now very rare 

 east of the Mississippi River. The exact number of varieties 

 of American wolves has not been determined; probably the 

 Black Wolf Canis ater Richardson, which still exists in the 

 Florida everglades, is a distinct species, and also the Arctic 

 Wolf C. albus (Sabine), which is pure white with a black 

 tip to the tail. 



The gray wolf that formerly ranged in great packs over every 

 part of this country is practically the same as the dreaded wolf 

 of Europe. Local varieties in both countries differ more widely 

 from each other than typical specimens from the same latitude in 

 Europe and America. Yet, while in Russia, Germany, and even 

 France, the wolves still menace the peasantry whenever an excep- 

 tionally hard winter drives them to desperation, in this country 

 they were quickly driven off and exterminated in most sections, 

 even where heavy forest-growth and broken country afforded 

 them the best protection. 



Gray wolves were always wandering, unsettled beasts at times, 

 especially in the winter, hunting up and down the country in great 



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