red wolf

English
Red Wolf

Etymology

red +‎ wolf from being a wolf variant with a reddish coat

Noun

red wolf (plural red wolves)

  1. a fertile hybrid pseudo-species of wolf resulting from the crossbreeding of gray wolves and coyotes whose contributions to the red wolf genome is roughly 25% to 75%, respectively; which is found in the United States Southwest region

Synonyms
  • Canis rufus (formal name for the common name "red wolf")

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