Wildlife
Plains gray wolf
Canis lupus nubilus
Habitat
Kansas onward
Conservation
Vulnerable
Corps met the Plains or Bison wolf frequently throughout its range. This subspecies now extinct; others recovering.
Journal References
15 journal entries mention Plains gray wolf
Oct
29
1805
Clark: October 29, 1805
...r 1/2 mile wide at rocks
The robes of those Indians are, of wolf deer Elk, wild cats, Some fox,
& Deer I saw one of the mountain Sheep, th wool thick and long Cors...
Jan
5
1806
Lewis: January 5, 1806
...ot very particular, the flesh of the dog the
horse and the wolf, having from habit become equally formiliar with any
other, and I have learned to think that if th...
Jan
15
1806
Clark: January 15, 1806
...he quiver is useally the Skin of a young bear or
that of a wolf invariably open at the Side in Sted of the end, as the
quiver of other Indians generally are, this...
Jan
15
1806
Lewis: January 15, 1806
...he quiver is
usually the skin of a young bear or that of a wolf invariably open at the
side in stead of the end as the quivers of other Indians generally are;
th...
Feb
15
1806
Clark: February 15, 1806
...e Mule deer, the black tailed fallow Deer, the large
brown wolf, the Small wolf of the Plains, the large wolf of the Plains,
Panther, the tiger cat, the common re...
Feb
15
1806
Lewis: February 15, 1806
...ck tailed fallow deer, the Mule deer, Elk, the large brown
wolf, the small woolf of the plains, the large wolf of the plains, the
tiger cat, the common red fox, b...
Feb
16
1806
Clark: February 16, 1806
...inted eyes Small, ears erect and
pointed like those of the wolf, hair Short and Smooth except on the tail
where it is as long as that of the Cur dog and streight....
Feb
16
1806
Lewis: February 16, 1806
...inted eyes small, ears erect and
pointed like those of the wolf, hair short and smooth except on the tail
where it is as long as that of the curdog and streight. ...
Feb
21
1806
Clark: February 21, 1806
...3 times a day and is on the
recovery fast.
The large brown Wolf is like that of the atlantic States, and are found
only in the woody Country on the Pacific Ocean ...
Apr
20
1806
Lewis: April 20, 1806
...hose of the men and women are principally deer
skins, some wolf, elk, bighorn and buffaloe; the latter they procure from
the nations who sometimes visit the Misso...
Apr
20
1806
Clark: April 20, 1806
... down the river.
They have all new, Deer, Elk, Ibex Goat & wolf Skin robes, their
Children also the large squirel Skin robes, maney of them have Legins and
mocke...
Apr
26
1806
Clark: April 26, 1806
...m the rain by means of an old tent.
Saw a Goat and a Small wolf at a distance to day. made 28 miles
Jul
24
1806
Lewis: July 24, 1806
...n and wounded one of them very
badly. the small speceis of wolf barks like a dog, they frequently salute
us with this note as we pass through the plains.
Jul
31
1806
Clark: July 31, 1806
...et out as usial about Sun rise passed a rapid
which I call wolf rapid from the Circumstance of one of those animals
being at the rapid. here the river approaches ...
Aug
1
1806
Lewis: August 1, 1806
...und
in winter; as they feed principally on flesh, like the wolf, they are most
fatt when they can procure a sufficiency of food without rispect to the
season of ...