DCHP-1 Online
case(d) wolf Obs. 
a small wolf, Canis latrans, usually associated with the prairies but found across Canada, mainly in the region south of the range of the larger timber wolf.
See also: coyote (def. 1) timber wolf
- 1857 (1863) I saw great numbers of the case wolf . . . prowling about. This is the wolf proper to the partially wooded country, and is about twice the size of a fox, with a tail shaped like the brush of that animal.
- 1950 "Cased wolf" became the trade name for the animal [coyote], from the fact that the pelt was cased--peeled off without slitting the body--and dried over a frame. . . .
- 1857 (1863) I saw great numbers of the case wolf . . . prowling about. This is the wolf proper to the partially wooded country, and is about twice the size of a fox, with a tail shaped like the brush of that animal.