red wolf
noun
: a wolf (Canis rufus synonym C. niger) originally of the southeastern U.S. that has been extirpated from most of its natural range
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More fundamentally, scientists currently don’t even have a good picture of red wolf genetics.
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Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2025
One bright spot came with the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), which allocated funds for wildlife crossings on highways like US 64, an artery notorious for red wolf road deaths.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Hope, an adolescent red wolf from one of the cloned litters produced by Colossal.
—Emily Mullin, Wired News, 7 Apr. 2025
Unfortunately for the red wolf and many other species, President Donald Trump’s administration may not agree.
—Ben Goldfarb, Vox, 14 Mar. 2025
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Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2025
One bright spot came with the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), which allocated funds for wildlife crossings on highways like US 64, an artery notorious for red wolf road deaths.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Hope, an adolescent red wolf from one of the cloned litters produced by Colossal.
—Emily Mullin, Wired News, 7 Apr. 2025
Unfortunately for the red wolf and many other species, President Donald Trump’s administration may not agree.
—Ben Goldfarb, Vox, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Red wolf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red%20wolf. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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