MANED WOLF Definition & Meaning

maned wolf

a South American wild dog, Chrysocyon jubatus, having a shaggy, reddish coat and long ears and legs: now reduced in number.

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First recorded in 1900–05

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Last year the BBC's Planet Earth III team revealed the risk to the rare maned wolf from fires used for clearing the savannah for farming.

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The arrival of the maned wolf, a species native to South American savannas.

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Others include the howler monkeys, cassowary, maned wolf and green iguana.

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Consider a black maned wolf seen in Brazil.

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The maned wolf pups are the first at the Louisville Zoo in a decade.

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