HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



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THE WOLF. 



(Cams Lupus, Linn. Lc Loup, Buff.) 



ALL naturalists agree in placing the Wolf and 

 the Dog in the same class; and from the slightest 

 inspection of its external form only, it would seem 

 that the Wolf was in every respect a Dog in its 

 state of natural freedom. The shape of its head is 

 different; and its eyes, being fixed in a more 

 oblique position, give it a look of more savage 

 fierceness : its ears are sharp and erect ; its tail 

 long, bushy, and bending inwards between its hind 

 legs; its body is stronger than that of almost any 

 species of Dog, its jaws and teeth larger, and its 

 hair coarser and thicker. The internal structure of 

 these animals is perfectly similar. The Wolf 

 couples in the same manner as the Dog; and its 

 immediate separation is prevented from the same 

 cause; the time of gestation is also nearly the 

 same ; and from a variety of successful experiments 



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