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CANIS (LUPUS) GRIS EUS.— Rich. 
American Grey Wolf. 
(Not figured.) 
L. magnitudine canis lupi, cranio lato, gula caudaque villosis, pedibus 
latis, colore cinereo nigroque notato. 
CHARACTERS. 
About the size of the blade and white wolves ; skull broad j neck and tail 
covered with bushy hairs J feet broad colour dark brindle grey. 
SYNONYMES. 
Grey Wolf. — Cook’s Third Voyage, vol. ii., p. 293. 
“ “ Lewis and Clarke, vol. i., pp. 206, 283. 
Common Grey Wolf. — Schoolcraft’s Travels, p. 285. 
Canis (Lupus) griseus. — Sabine, Franklin’s Voy., p. 654. 
“ Lupus. — Parry, First, Second, and Third Voyages. 
“ “ Harlan, Fauna Americana, p. 81. 
“ Godman, American Nat. Hist., vol. i., p. 255, fig. 1. 
“ (Lupus) occidentalis. — (Var. a.) Lupus Griseus, Rich. Fauna Borealis 
Americana, p. 66. 
“ occidentalis, Common American Wolf. — De Kay, Nat. Hist, of N. Y., p. 
42, plate 27, fig. 2. 
Canis lupus.— Emory, Mass. Report, 1838, p. 26 ; 1840, p. 28. 
Lupus Gigas. — Townsend, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Pbila. 
Giant Wolf. — Col. G. A. McCall, U. S. A. (letter to Rev. John Bachman, see 
infra). 
Lobo or Lovo. — Mexicans and Texans. 
DESCRIPTION. 
The American Grey Wolf bears a very striking resemblance to the 
European Wolf. There are, however, some differences which appear to 
be permanent, and which occur in all the varieties of American W olves ; 
the body is generally more robust, the legs shorter, and the muzzle thicker 
and more obtuse in the latter. 
