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 ocvthous Bangs. Larger 
with more yellow and rusty tints and less pure gray than 
the eastern gray fox. 
Range. Upper Mississippi Valley. 
Gray Wolf 
Cants occtdentalis (Richardson) 
Called also Timber Wolf. 
Length. 4 feet g inches. 
Description. Prevailing colour gray; dark, almost black along the 
back, with a dusky patch on the shoulder and hips. Some- 
times more rufous. 
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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