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Specimens examined from Wisconsin and adjoining states : 

 Wisconsin — Antigo, Langlade Co. (skull), i; (M. P. M.) Ashland Co., 

 i; Rhinelander, Oneida Co., i; Three Lakes, Oneida Co., i; (S. C.) 

 Ashland Co. (skulls), 2 = 6. 

 Michigan — Park Siding, i ; White Deer Lake, near Champion, Mar- 

 quette Co., 1 = 2. 



Canis latrans Say. 



Prairie Wolf. Coyote. 



Canis latrans Say, Long's Exped. Rocky Mts., I, 1823, p. 168. Kennicott, Trans. 

 111. State Agr. Soc, I, 1853-54 (1855), p. 578 (Cook Co., Illinois). Thomas, 

 Trans. 111. State Agr. Soc., IV, 1859-60 (i 861), p. 654 (Illinois). Miles, Rept. 

 Geol. Surv. Mich., i860 (1861), p. 220 (Michigan). Allen, Proc. Bost. Soc. 

 Nat. Hist., XIII, 1869 (1871), p. 181 (Iowa). Strong, Geol. Wis., Surv. 

 1873-79, I, 1883, p. 436 (Wisconsin). Herrick, Geol. & Nat. Hist. Surv. Minn., 

 Bull. No. 7, 1892, p. 80 (Minnesota). Butler, Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci., 1894 

 (1895), p. 85 (Indiana). Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XI, 1897, p. 23. 

 Jackson, Bull. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, VI, 1908, p. 27 (Wisconsin). Hollister, 

 Bull. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, VI, 1908, p. 141 (Wisconsin). Hahn, Ann. Rept. 

 Dept. Geol. & Nat. Resources Ind., 1908 (1909), p. 561 (Indiana). vSeton, 

 Life Histories of Northern Animals, II, 1909, p. 789. Howell, Proc. Biol. 

 Soc Wash., XXIII, 1910, p. 32 (Illinois). Wood, Bull. 111. State Lab. Nat. 

 Hist., VIII, 1910, p. 571 (Illinois). 



Lupus latrans Lapham, Trans. Wis. State Agr. Soc, II, 1852 (1853), p. 339 (Wis- 

 consin). 



Type locality — Vicinity of Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, 

 Iowa. 



Distribution — Ranges from Illinois, northwestern Indiana and northern 

 Missouri north to Lake Superior and in the Northwest at least to 

 the base of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, and probably much 

 farther west; limits of its range not definitely known. 



Description — Adult: Resembles the Gray Wolf, Canis nubilus, but is 

 decidedly smaller; general color grayish tawny, back with the hairs 

 tipped with black; top of head from front of eyes to ears grizzled 

 gray; ears fulvous brown, with a few black hairs; under parts whitish, 

 with more or less white-tipped hairs on throat; outer side of hind 

 legs and feet fulvous brown. Color more or less variable, but size 

 will usually distinguish it from C. occidentalis, which is the only 

 species with which it might be confounded ; diameter of upper canine 

 teeth at base (in adult) less than .50 inch; width of nose pad (in 

 adult) less than 1.25 in. 



Young pups have the muzzle tawny, the head yellowish gray, 

 back of ears dark brown soon fading to yellowish brown; tail black, 

 soon changing to grayish, with the tip black. 



