a large wolf, Canis lupus tundrarum, of the Arctic.
See also: Arctic wolf
- 1958  The council was told a wolf-killing program to help boost flagging caribou herds had accounted for about 5,000 tundra wolves in five years.
- 1965  The whiter tundra wolves have obviously adapted to Arctic conditions. They are imposing beasts, long-legged, broad-footed, and deep-chested, and carry a heavy coat of long creamy white or pure white fur.