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Wolf

The wolf (Canis lupus; pl.: wolves), also known as the grey wolf or gray wolf, is a canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus have been recognized, including the dog and dingo, though grey wolves, as popularly understood, include only naturally occurring wild subspecies. The wolf is the largest wild extant…

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related to Bibliography · 56
Wolf → Anxiety, Barry, Bears, Behaviour, Boitani, Busch, Carnivora, Celebration Of Wolves And, Chicago Press, Conservation, Daniel, David, Dent, Detselig Enterprises, Douglas, Ecology, Endangered Species, Garry, Graves, Heptner
related to Eurasia · 38
Wolf → Annex II, Appendix II, As, Balkans, Baltic, Berne Convention, Carpathian Mountains, Central Europe, Conservation, Council Directive, Eastern Europe, EEC, EU, Europe, European, European Union, European Wildlife, Finland, Flora, France
related to Etymology · 35
Wolf → Anglo-Saxons, Bold Wolf, Christian, Cynewulf, Cēnwulf, Eagle Wolf, Earnwulf, Examples, Garb Wolf, Germanic, Latin, Noble Wolf, Old English, Proto-Germanic, Proto-Italic, Royal Wolf, Scrutolf, Since, The, The English
related to North America · 24
Wolf → American, As, Canada, Canada National Parks Act, Endangered Species Act, ESA, First Nations, Great Lakes, Idaho, In, In Alaska, In Canada, In Mexico, Mexican, Michigan, Midwestern United States, Minnesota, Rocky Mountains, The, Under Canadian
related to Status and conservation · 20
Wolf → Appendix, Appendix II, Bhutan, CITES, Competition, Convention, Despite, Endangered Species, Flora, However, India, International Trade, IUCN, Least Concern, Nepal, Pakistan, Red List, The, This, Wild Fauna
related to Admixture with other canids · 17
Wolf → African, Asian, China, Egyptian Sinai Peninsula, Ethiopian, Eurasian, European, In, In North America, Middle Eastern, North American, One African, Similarly, The, The African, There, This
related to Description · 17
Wolf → Adult, Alaska, Arabian, Bergmann's, Canada, Canidae, European, Females, In, Indian, It, Its, North American, On, Russia, The, Wolves
related to Interactions with other predators · 16
Wolf → According, Agriculture, American, Arctic, Both, Brown, Custer Wolf, Department, Eurasia, In North America, Interactions, There, Though, Unlike, Wolverines, Wolves
related to Subspecies · 16
Wolf → Canis, Christopher Wozencraft, DNA, Eurasian, In, IUCN Red List, IUCN/Species Survival Commission's Canid, Linnaeus, Mammal Species, Meyer, New Guinea, Specialist Group, Studies, Sweden, World, Wozencraft
related to Infections · 15
Wolf → Alaska, Although, Bacterial, Canada, Endoparasites, In, Leptospirosis, Lyme, Most, Sarcoptes, Symptoms, Tapeworms, The, Viral, Wolves

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Wolfis alargest wild extant member of the family Canidae0.90text
Wolfis aapex predator that feeds on large wild hooved mammals as well as smaller animals0.90text
Wolfis adescendant of a genetically admixed canid of 720.90text
Wolfis alargest extant member of the family Canidae0.90text
Wolfis amixture of ochreous0.90text
Wolfis asocial animal0.90text
Wolfis aprotected species in national parks under the Canada National Parks Act0.90text
Wolfis acommon motif in the mythologies and cosmologies of peoples throughout its historical range0.90text
Wolfis asymbol of the night and the daytime quail must escape from its jaws0.90text
the Anglo-Saxons took on wulf as a prefix or suffix in their namesinstance ofGermanic peoples0.80text
foxesinstance ofthe den is the appropriated burrow of smaller animals0.80text
badgers or marmotsinstance ofthe den is the appropriated burrow of smaller animals0.80text

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