canis niger

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   reddish-grey wolf of southwestern North America

   Synonymsred wolfmaned wolfCanis rufus

   Broaderwolf

Questions about canis niger

What does canis niger mean?

canis niger means "reddish-grey wolf of southwestern North America".

What is another word for canis niger?

Close synonyms include red wolf, maned wolf, Canis rufus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is canis niger a common word?

canis niger is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.