English Explanatory Dictionary

Bernard's wolf

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An extinct subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus bernardi) that was limited to Banks and Victoria Island of the Arctic Archipelago.

Word forms

Bernard's wolf Bernard's wolves

Etymology

Formally discovered, classified, and named after Peter Bernard and Joseph F. Bernard, his nephew, after an adult male skin and skull was collected by them and brought to the National Museum of Canada.

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