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")

Coordinate terms

• eastern wolf
• gray wolf

Translations

Canis rufus

• Erzya: тюжаверьгиз (ťužaveŕgiz)
• Finnish: punasusi
• Hungarian: vörös farkas, rőt farkas
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• Malay: serigala merah
• Russian: ры́жий волк m (rýžij volk)
• Turkish: kızıl kurt
• Vietnamese: sói đỏ Bắc Mỹ