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If someone says 'gray wolf' it is almost certain they mean a timber wolf.

timber wolf   -nounthe gray wolf, Canis lupus, sometimes designated as the subspecies C. lupus occidentalis: formerly common in northern North America but now greatly reduced in number and rare in the conterminous U.S.(dictionary.com)

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