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maned wolf

American  

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of maned wolf

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.

From BBC Feb. 20, 2024

The maned wolf is named such because it has... a thick black mane.

From The Verge Jan. 31, 2016

The maned wolf actually has a strained relationship with humans for a whole bouquet of silly reasons.

From The Verge Jan. 31, 2016

Now he was in the dry oven of the Cerrado and was mastering Cerrado mammal spoor: puma, jaguar, giant anteater, giant armadillo, and maned wolf.

From Scientific American Feb. 22, 2013

The other is far more interesting and extremely rare; it is called aguará, its nearest ally being the aguará-guazú, the Canis jubatus or maned wolf of naturalists, found north of the pampean district.

From The Naturalist in La Plata by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

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