CANIS LUPUS.— Likn.—(Vab. Albtjs.) 
White American Wolf. 
PLATE LXXII. Male. One-thii-d natural size. 
C. magnitudine formaque C. lupi ; vellere flavido-albo ; naso cane- 
scente. 
CHARACTERS. 
Size and shape of the grey wolf, fur over the whole body of a yellowish- 
white colour, with a slight tinge of grey on the nose. 
SYNONYMES. 
White Wolf, Lewis and Clark, vol. i., p. lOY, vol. iii., p. 263. 
CanIS Lupus, Albus, Sabine, Frank. Journ., p. 652. 
White Wolf, Frank. Journal, p. 312. 
“ “ Lyon’s Private Journal, p. 279. 
Lupus Albus Vab. B. White Wolf, Richardson, F. B. A., p. 68. 
DESCRIPTION. 
In shape, this Wolf resembles all the other varieties of large North 
American Wolves. (The prairie or barking Wolf, a distinct and different 
species, excepted.) It is large, stout, and compactly built ; the canine 
teeth are long ; others stout, large, rather short. Eyes, small. Ears, short 
and triangular. Feet, stout. Nails, strong and trenchant. Tail, long and 
busby. Hairs on the body, of two kinds ; the under coat composed of 
short, soft and woolly hair, interspersed with longer coarse hair five inches 
in length. The hairs on the head and legs are short and smooth, having 
none of the woolly appearance of those on other portions of the body. 
COLOUR. 
The short fur beneath the long white coat, yellowish white, the whole 
outer surface white, there is a slight tinge of greyish on the nose. Nails 
black ; teeth white. 
Another Specimen. — Snow-white on every part of the body except the 
tail, which is slightly tipped with black. 
