a fertile hybrid pseudo-species of wolf resulting from the crossbreeding of gray wolves and coyotes whose contributions to the red wolf genome is roughly 25% to 75%, respectively; which is found in the United States Southwest region
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Canis rufus
Origin
red + wolf from being a wolf variant with a reddish coat
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