| 单词 | red wolf |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred wolf red wolf n. (a) the maned wolf, Chrysocyon brachyurus (now rare); (b) a small wolf with a cinnamon or tawny-coloured coat, often referred to Canis rufus but possibly of hybrid origin, native to the south-eastern United States but probably extinct in the wild; (c) a reddish variety of the grey wolf, C. lupus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Canis > other types red wolf1823 hill-fox1838 kuri1838 zorro1838 Falkland Island wolf1857 bush dog1883 guara1884 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Canis > canis lupus (wolf) > varieties of lobo1859 timber-wolf1860 loafer?1877 Japanese wolf1878 red wolf1942 1823 E. James Acct. Exped. Rocky Mts. I. 334 The aspect of this animal [sc. Canis nubilus] is far more fierce and formidable than either the common red wolf, or the prairie wolf. 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom V. 144 C. Jubatus, (the Red Wolf.) Uniform brightish red colour, with a short black mane along the spine... Cuvier identifies the C. Jubatus with the C. Mexicanus of Gmelin; but Desmarest makes a distinct species of it. 1876 G. B. Goode Classif. Coll. Illustr. Animal Resources U.S. 69 Red Wolf. 1903 Q. Rev. Jan. 45 The maned or red wolf of Brazil. 1942 G. M. Allen Extinct & Vanishing Mammals 229 The typical form of red wolf was slightly the smallest of the three races. 1978 B. H. Lopez Of Wolves & Men 279 My wife and I raised two hybrid red wolves. 1996 Sci. Amer. Jan. 18/3 Wayne and Gilleman suggest that the red wolf is probably a relatively recent hybrid of the coyote and a now extinct subspecies of the gray wolf. < as lemmas |
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