Science of trapping; describes the fur bearing animals, their nature, habits and distribution, with practical methods for their capture by Kreps Elmer Harry 1880-

Author:Kreps, Elmer Harry, 1880-
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Trapping
Publisher: Columbus, O., A.R. Harding pub. co

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CHAPTER XI.

THE WOLF.

CHE WOLF belongs to the dog family and is found throughout the greater part of North America, also in Europe and Asia, and parts of South America. There are many varieties, varying greatly in size and color, but there are probably only two distinct species, namely, the timber wolf and the prairie wolf, commonly called the coyote. Of the timber wolves, we have in this country, the following varieties; the small dark grey or black wolf of Florida and southeastern United States, the red wolf or southern Texas; the brindled wolf of Mexico, the light grey wolf of the central plains region; the dark grey wolf of eastern Canada; the white wolf of northern Canada and Alaska and the large black or dusky wolf of the northwest coast region.

Of the smaller prairie wolf, there are also several varieties, they being found throughout the prairie regions of the United States and Canada, extending westward to the foot of the Kocky mountains, and also occurring west of

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