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An engraving of a "dusky wolf", an animal once considered a separate species from northern black wolves. Skin of a black-coloured wolf taken from the Mackenzie Valley. The function of the black pigment is largely unknown. A black wolf is a melanistic colour variant of the gray wolf ( Canis lupus ). [ 1][ 2] Black specimens were recorded among ...
The many genera of wolf spiders range in body size (legs not included) from less than 10 to 35 mm (0.4 to 1.38 in). [1] [2] They have eight eyes arranged in three rows. The bottom row consists of four small eyes, the middle row has two very large eyes (which distinguishes them from the Pisauridae), and the top row has two medium-sized eyes ...
Wolf-warriors, like Geri and Freki, were not mere animals but mythical beings: as Woden's followers they bodied forth his might, and so did wolf-warriors." [ 18 ] Bernd Heinrich theorizes that Geri and Freki, along with Odin and his ravens Huginn and Muninn , reflect a symbiosis observed in the natural world among ravens, wolves, and humans on ...
Canis anthus F. Cuvier, 1820[ 2] The African wolf (see below for other names; Canis lupaster) is a canine native to North Africa, West Africa, the Sahel, northern East Africa, and the Horn of Africa. It is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. [ 1] In the Middle Atlas in Morocco, it was sighted in elevations as high as 1,800 m (5,900 ft ...
Owl, Kaleidoscope, Rhino. Website. katewolf.com. Kate Wolf (born Kathryn Louise Allen; January 27, 1942 – December 10, 1986) was an American folk singer and songwriter. [ 1] Though her career was relatively short, she had a significant impact on the folk music scene. Her best-known compositions include "Here in California", "Love Still ...
This wolf is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World (2005). [2]Currently, this canid is widely considered to be a subspecies of the red wolf Canis rufus [5] and that a variation in the red wolf's coloring led to the creation of the Florida black wolf. [6]
The eastern wolf ( Canis lycaon[ 5] or Canis lupus lycaon[ 6][ 7] or Canis rufus lycaon ), also known as the timber wolf, [ 8] Algonquin wolf and eastern timber wolf, [ 9] is a canine of debated taxonomy native to the Great Lakes region and southeastern Canada. It is considered to be either a unique subspecies of gray wolf or red wolf or a ...
The eye arrangement of spiders in the genus Latrodectus. Female widow spiders are typically dark brown or a shiny black in colour when they are full grown, usually exhibiting a red or orange hourglass on the ventral surface (underside) of the abdomen; some may have a pair of red spots or have no marking at all.