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Definition of Canis lupus
1. Noun. A wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North America.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canis Lupus
Literary usage of Canis lupus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"It is designated by a double name, the first of which indicates the genus, eg
canis /ami/iam, the dog, and canis lupus, the wolf. Comparing the species of ..."
2. Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate Mammalia in the by John Edward Gray (1869)
"Canis lupus occidentalis, var. griseus et albus, Richard. F. Bor.-Am. ip 66, 1829.
... Lupus occidentalis, Gray, PZS 1868, p. 501. Canis lupus canadensis ..."
3. Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio by Geological Survey of Ohio (1882)
"Canis lupus albus, Sabine, Journ., 652.—Rich., PBA, i, 1829, 68.— A. & В., ii,
156, pi. 72. White, pure or washed with yellowish, with or without ..."
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