English

Red Wolf

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")

Coordinate terms

• eastern wolf
• gray wolf

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