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The skin of an adult Northwestern timber wolf measures 

 about six feet from nose to tip of tail; the nose pad is from one 

 and a quarter to one and three-quarter inches wide ; the heel pad 

 is from one and a half to two inches in width and the upper canine 

 teeth are about one-half inch in diameter at the base. Several 

 wolves killed in the Cascade Mountains show a wide range of 

 coloration, from the black phase, which is a shiny black on the 

 back and dusky on the under parts, to the lighter phase, which is 



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Northwestern Timber Wolf trapped on the headwaters of the 



Clackamas River 



yellowish brown with black-tipped hairs. These black-tipped 

 hairs are thickest on the back, sometimes giving the animal the 

 appearance of being solid black on the back. The under parts of 

 the light specimens vary from dirty- white to cream color. The 

 tail is long and bushy with a black tip. The claws, although no 

 longer than a coyote's, are much thicker and heavier built. 



Owing to the wide variation of color in the wolves, they are 

 known locally under several names, as "Black Wolf," "Gray 

 Wolf" and "Timber Wolf," but there is only one species known 



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