. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. THE DOG FAMILY—WOLF. 191 in the Atlas country. He also extends all over northeastern and central Asia, throughout Afghan- istan and Beloochistan south to the Indus, perhaps to the upper Punjab, and has a so closely allied rela- tive in North America that his range may be said to extend also over the western hemisphere, and the North American and Mexican Wolves may be re- garded only as varieties. TheWolfas Theancientsknew the Wolf well. Many Known to Greek and Roman authors mention him, the Ancients, some not only with the horror w
. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. THE DOG FAMILY—WOLF. 191 in the Atlas country. He also extends all over northeastern and central Asia, throughout Afghan- istan and Beloochistan south to the Indus, perhaps to the upper Punjab, and has a so closely allied rela- tive in North America that his range may be said to extend also over the western hemisphere, and the North American and Mexican Wolves may be re- garded only as varieties. TheWolfas Theancientsknew the Wolf well. Many Known to Greek and Roman authors mention him, the Ancients, some not only with the horror which he has always excited, but with a secret terror of the uncanny or ghost-like attributes of the animal. In the old German mythology the Wolf, as the animal consecrated to Woden, is rather venerated than de- iested; the latter feeling arises, however, later, when •Christianity takes the place of pagan mythology. Then Woden became "The Wild Hunter" and the south. It even takes up its habitation in bushy but not very large thickets, in damp forests, in maize fields, and, in Spain, is even found in corn fields, sometimes in the immediate neighborhood of vil- lages. In'densfely populated districts it shows itself before sunset only in exceptional cases, but in lonely forests it begins its activity in the afternoon, like th6 Fox under similar conditions, and prowls around, seeking something for its ever famished stomach. During spring and summer it lives singly, in twos or in threes; during the autumn it lives' in families, and in winter in more or less numerous packs, va- rying in size with the favorable or unfavorable char- acter of the locality for such a union. How the Wolf When Wolves have once gathered Hunts in into a pack they do everything in Paclis or Singly, common, calling each other with a howl, and mutually assisting in the search for 6TTABA. This is the native name of an animal also called the Red Wolf, or Maned Wolf, which has a wide range in S
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