timber wolf

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The timber wolf, the bison and the eland all experienced T. R.’s dead aim, although the giant polar bear rug in the otherwise feminine drawing room came courtesy of Robert Peary, the Arctic explorer.

From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2015

Back in the 1940s, according to a book by the former professor Bill Beezley, cheerleaders would bring a timber wolf named State to games.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2014

Fans and students sold 25-cent shares and collected enough money to buy yet another timber wolf in 1966.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2014

Since his subjects included the grizzly bear and the grey, or timber, wolf, this is easy to understand.

From Time Magazine Archive

I made it all right until I heard a timber wolf howl.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls