timber wolf

See gray wolf.

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timber wolf

(Animals) a variety of the wolf, Canis lupus, having a grey brindled coat and occurring in forested northern regions, esp of North America. Also called: grey wolf

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tim′ber wolf`

the gray wolf, Canis lupus, esp. the North American populations, C. lupus occidentalis.

[1875–80]

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Noun

timber wolf - a wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North America

Canis lupus, gray wolf, grey wolf

wolf - any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs

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And howl he did, like a lone gray timber wolf, till the Virgin thrust her pretty fingers in her ears and shivered.

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Mainly black bear, timber wolf, grizzly bear, cougar, polar bear.

Safari of shame; REVEALED:THE BRITS KILLING FOR 'FUN'; Monkey are cheap thirill for sickening trophy hunters; Number plummet yet firms promote their 'culls'

Caption: A Northern Michigan timber wolf in Sault Ste.

A Price on Thpir Heads: Michigan's Wildlife Bounties

He is active with the Timber Wolf Information Network and the International Wolf Center.

Keepers of the Wolves

A timber wolf looks much like a sled dog or a husky and is a dog ancestor.

A HOWLING GOOD TIME!

Mohican, a rare red timber wolf, jauntily jumped from his cage on Gudger's pickup truck and stood before us, as if on command.

Petting a wolf: a spiritual experience

Lacatoi's rider Jack Fawcus had also won the 1938 renewal on Timber Wolf, trained by Gwyn Evans.

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This gigantic timber wolf seems to think it's a little puppy

'It's a joke': Furious dog owner reveals anger after caught-on-camera row with spa that refuses to return pet; A video of the telephone exchange has now been viewed more than one million times on social media

We are particularly taken with the Eye Shadow Trio in Midnight, Timber Wolf and Evergreen (PS65).

beauty tips

Though foreign trappers that harvest timber wolf, wolverine, lynx, Arctic fox, and Russian sable can expect to be rewarded fairly for their efforts this year, local trappers should expect very low prices at this year's auctions.

Weather, politics lower fur prices

They undergo a supernatural transformation that turns one into a Sea Wolf and the other into a Timber Wolf. Although separated, their howling voices unite monthly, waking up Moon and saving the world from darkness.

Brothers of the Wolf: Coastal Spirit Tales

This does differentiate the northern wolf from the smaller Mexican red wolf, which remains legitimately endangered, but the animal we call "timber wolf" or "grey wolf" doesn't live just in timber and certainly isn't always grey.

The apex challenge: a lifelong chase for North America's apex predator ends in the barren landscape of the frozen Alberta tundra