Eastern timber wolf

noun

plural Eastern timber wolves

: a wolf that is either considered a subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus lycaon) or a distinct species (C. lycaon) originally of the eastern U.S. and southeastern Canada but with a range in the U.S. now restricted to Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin

Examples of Eastern timber wolf in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In 1967, the secretary of the interior classified the Eastern timber wolf in the Lower 48 as endangered, and in 1973, it was afforded full protection under the Endangered Species Act. —Al Wolter, Outdoor Life, 10 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1912, in the meaning defined above