gray wolf

noun

: a large, broad-headed, wide-muzzled wolf (Canis lupus) that has a dense, heavy coat of usually light brown or brownish gray interspersed with black above and yellowish white below and that was formerly widely distributed throughout North America and Eurasia but is now greatly restricted to the more northerly parts of its range

The only sizable gray wolf population south of Canada and Alaska continues to roam the forest-and-lake country of northern Minnesota.

Vic Banks

Note: The gray wolf has been considered a threat to livestock and people for hundreds of years and has been wiped out from most of its original range by hunting, trapping, and poisoning.

called also timber wolf

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The zoo's website says the Mexican wolf, Canis Lupus Bailey, is the smallest and rarest of the gray wolf subspecies, 54 to 66 inches in length from snout to tail and weighing 50 to 90 pounds.

CBS News, 5 Sep. 2022 Isle Royale National Park's gray wolf population has reached 28, a dramatic comeback after the species nearly disappeared from the Lake Superior island chain, researchers said Wednesday.

John Flesher, Detroit Free Press, 25 Aug. 2022 The adult male lion and the gray wolf, who were fully awake during the dangerous journey due to lack of tranquilizers in Ukraine, arrived Monday at a zoo in Radauti, from a zoo in Zaporizhzhia in southeast Ukraine.

Stephen Mcgrath And Eldar Emric, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Mar. 2022 The gray wolf was removed from the federal endangered species list in the final months of the Trump administration, worrying advocates and other wildlife enthusiasts.

Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2022 The adult male lion and the gray wolf, who were fully awake during the dangerous journey due to lack of tranquilizers in Ukraine, arrived Monday at a zoo in Radauti, from a zoo in Zaporizhzhia in southeast Ukraine.

NBC News, 23 Mar. 2022 Among them are the impacts on the seventy-plus animal and plant species that the new sections of wall now endanger, including the jaguar, the ocelot, the desert bighorn sheep, and the Mexican gray wolf.

The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2022 Republican Ron Johnson and Democrat Tammy Baldwin are seeking to return management of gray wolf populations to the states.

Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2022 In November, maps from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service showed a Mexican gray wolf heading south to the border wall in New Mexico and pacing 23 miles along the fence before going back north.

Clara Migoya, The Arizona Republic, 31 Dec. 2021 See More

单词	gray wolf
释义	gray wolf noun : a large, broad-headed, wide-muzzled wolf (Canis lupus) that has a dense, heavy coat of usually light brown or brownish gray interspersed with black above and yellowish white below and that was formerly widely distributed throughout North America and Eurasia but is now greatly restricted to the more northerly parts of its range The only sizable gray wolf population south of Canada and Alaska continues to roam the forest-and-lake country of northern Minnesota. Vic Banks Note: The gray wolf has been considered a threat to livestock and people for hundreds of years and has been wiped out from most of its original range by hunting, trapping, and poisoning. called also timber wolf Illustration of gray wolf Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web The zoo's website says the Mexican wolf, Canis Lupus Bailey, is the smallest and rarest of the gray wolf subspecies, 54 to 66 inches in length from snout to tail and weighing 50 to 90 pounds. CBS News, 5 Sep. 2022 Isle Royale National Park's gray wolf population has reached 28, a dramatic comeback after the species nearly disappeared from the Lake Superior island chain, researchers said Wednesday. John Flesher, Detroit Free Press, 25 Aug. 2022 The adult male lion and the gray wolf, who were fully awake during the dangerous journey due to lack of tranquilizers in Ukraine, arrived Monday at a zoo in Radauti, from a zoo in Zaporizhzhia in southeast Ukraine. Stephen Mcgrath And Eldar Emric, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Mar. 2022 The gray wolf was removed from the federal endangered species list in the final months of the Trump administration, worrying advocates and other wildlife enthusiasts. Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2022 The adult male lion and the gray wolf, who were fully awake during the dangerous journey due to lack of tranquilizers in Ukraine, arrived Monday at a zoo in Radauti, from a zoo in Zaporizhzhia in southeast Ukraine. NBC News, 23 Mar. 2022 Among them are the impacts on the seventy-plus animal and plant species that the new sections of wall now endanger, including the jaguar, the ocelot, the desert bighorn sheep, and the Mexican gray wolf. The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2022 Republican Ron Johnson and Democrat Tammy Baldwin are seeking to return management of gray wolf populations to the states. Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2022 In November, maps from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service showed a Mexican gray wolf heading south to the border wall in New Mexico and pacing 23 miles along the fence before going back north. Clara Migoya, The Arizona Republic, 31 Dec. 2021 See More Word History First Known Use 1595, in the meaning defined above
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gray wolf

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Illustration of gray wolf

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