Longcruise
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The early fur trappers recognized three different species of "wolf" in the west back in the early 1800's. One described seems to be the red wolf (not sure of the name) that is presently found in very small numbers in Texas and maybe AZ. The other was the gray wolf and the other was the coyote (they recognized it as a coyote and called it that but also refered to them as wolves)
I read one trappers report of a pack of up to 50 wolves.
Several trappers reported that wolves would often sneak into camp at night and steal food items especially leather items. I have read several reports of trappers having their moccasins stolen by wolves from under their heads as they slept!
The only human casualties I've ever seen repoted from those days are several instances of trapers being bit by rabid wolves and subsequently dieng of rabies themselves. The descriptions of their final days are pretty scary.
Whether or not the Canadian wolf is an actual separate species is something to ponder. When considering any weight differences in same species animals from different lattitudes, it might be worth considering that it is typical of mammals from the northern lattitudes to be much larger than those from the south. The whitetail deer is a good example when you consider the high end weights of canadiena and American north woods deer with the deer of say Georgia or as an extreme, the deer of south florida that are not very large at all!
I read one trappers report of a pack of up to 50 wolves.
Several trappers reported that wolves would often sneak into camp at night and steal food items especially leather items. I have read several reports of trappers having their moccasins stolen by wolves from under their heads as they slept!
The only human casualties I've ever seen repoted from those days are several instances of trapers being bit by rabid wolves and subsequently dieng of rabies themselves. The descriptions of their final days are pretty scary.
Whether or not the Canadian wolf is an actual separate species is something to ponder. When considering any weight differences in same species animals from different lattitudes, it might be worth considering that it is typical of mammals from the northern lattitudes to be much larger than those from the south. The whitetail deer is a good example when you consider the high end weights of canadiena and American north woods deer with the deer of say Georgia or as an extreme, the deer of south florida that are not very large at all!
