prairie wolf

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A prairie wolf, nine months old, was shot.

From Time Magazine Archive

I had no fear of them; for Ben had told me that the prairie wolf is a cowardly animal, and will seldom molest a man, unless driven to it by famine.

From The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier by Drayson, A.W.

“This is strange,” continued the vaquero, as the prairie wolf was heard to utter another long whine.

From Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora by Reid, Mayne

Then they heard the call of the prairie wolf a short distance to the west of them, and they believed that Red Dog was summoning his warriors.

From White Otter by Gregor, Elmer Russell

Where we were encamped, that night, on the Second Branch of Grasshopper Creek, we could distinctly hear the hungry howl of the prairie wolf, a new and amusing music to us.

From Narrative of the March of Co. A, Engineers from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Fort Bridger, Utah, and Return May 6 to October 3, 1858 by Seville, William P.