| Common name | Wolf |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | United States (contiguous states) |
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| Ref. | Tomelleri, J.R. and M.E. Eberle, 1990 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
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| Remarks | 'Wolf', i.e., large predatory mammals that ressemble the related dogs (Ref. 11978), from prehistoric Germanic 'wulfaz' from Indo-European 'wlqwos, lukwos' same source as Greek 'lúkos', Latin 'lupus', and Sanskrit 'vrkas' (p. 576 in Ref. 11979). |