THE BLACK WOLF. 
Lupus lyeaon. 
PLATE II. 
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 /obo 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 
