MAMMALIA. BER7E. Dog. 137 



Inhabits Europe, Afia, Africa, and America, and as high as the Arctic Circle. — Has long been ex- 

 tirpated from the Britifh iiies : The laft mention of Wolves in England is in 1281, when they were 

 numerous in fome of the counties ; Sir Ewen Cameron of Locheil killed the laft Scotch Wolf, in 

 Lochaber, in 1680; and the laft in Ireland was killed in 17 10. — They are chiefly found in forefts, 

 even in the colder regions of the north ; they hunt in packs, and deftroy cattle, fheep, horfes, fwine, 

 and even dogs : They are very fufpicious animals, and are fcarcely to be heard in the woods ; and fo 

 fearful of fnares, that they even avoid a little bit of rope dragging on the ground : When attacking 

 folds, or fields, they always avoid the door and leap over the fence ; and dread the found of a trum- 

 pet : They have very nice fenfe of hearing and of fmell : They copulate in winter ; the female goes 

 a hundred days with young, and brings forth from three to nine whelps ; thefe come to their full 

 growth in the third year, and live for fifteen or twenty years. When exceflively pufhed by cold and 

 hunger, they attack mankind, and will even prey on their own fpecies ; though they can fupport fa- 

 mine for a long time. They are deftroyed by means of the mofs named Lichen vulpirium. 



The Wolf is as tall as a large Grey-hound : The head is long, with a pointed nofe, and fharp 

 erect ears ; the tail is bufhy, hangs down, and is black at the tip ; the legs are long, and the teeth 

 large ; the hair, in general, is longiih, though not fhaggy ; the head and neck are alh coloured, and 

 the body is of a pale brown, tinged with yellow. 



Befide; the above defcribed, which may be termed the Common Wolf, there are feveral varieties 

 of this fpecies, differing chiefly in colour, perhaps occalioned by climate : The following are the molt 

 remarkable, and beft defcribed ; for the Wolves of fome authors are evidently Hyaenas.. 



/2. Yellow Wolf. — C. Lupus Jlavus. 

 Of a yellow colour. Sm. Buff. iv. p. 207. 



This is found in France and Germany, having a thicker fur, and of a more yellow colour than the 

 common kind : It is more wild, though lefs deftructive, and never troubles the flocks, or the habi- 

 tations of man. 



y. White Wolf. — C. Lupus albus. 



Of a white colour. Muller. Ruff. Sam. iii. 527. 



This variety is found near the Jenifea, in the eaftern parts of Afiatic RuiHa, and is much valued 

 on account of its fur. 



h Black Wolf. — C. Lupus niger. 

 Of a uniform black colour. Sm. Buff. iv. 212. pi. lxv. 



Inhabits Canada. — This variety is not fo large as the common kind ; the ears are larger, more 

 erett, and more diftant ; but in every other circumftance, and in difpofitions, it refembles the com- 

 mon European Wolf. 



g. Striped Wolf. — C. Lupus fafciatus* 



Of a grey colour ftriped with black, Penn. hift. of quad. p. 232. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope 

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