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Definition of Canis niger
1. Noun. Reddish-grey wolf of southwestern North America.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canis Niger
Literary usage of Canis niger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by John Anderson, William Lutley Sclater, Indian Museum (1891)
"1176,) which was afterwards described by Mr. Sclater as canis niger, from living
specimens in the London Zoological Gardens. It is probable that this black ..."
2. The Animals and Man: An Elementary Textbook of Zoology and Human Physiology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Mary Isabel McCracken (1911)
"... the black Thibet wolf (canis niger) of Thibet, and the coyote (Canis latrans)
and dun-gray wolf (Canis occidentalis) of North America. ..."
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