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A black wolf is a melanistic colour variant of the gray wolf (Canis lupus). Black specimens were recorded among red wolves (Canis rufus), though the colour phase in this species is not extinct yet. Genetic research from the Stanford University School of Medicine and the University of California, Los Angeles revealed that wolves with black pelts owe their distinctive coloration to a mutation which occurred in domestic dogs, and was carried to wolves through wolf-dog hybridization. Besides coat and knee colour, they are normal grey wolves. Early encounters and speculation Europe Linnaeus gave the black wolves of Europe the binomial name Canis lycaon, under the assumption that the species was distinct from grey- and white-coloured wolves. Cuvier and other naturalists largely followed his example. Black wolves were considered rare in France, but common in Southern Europe at the time, with black wolf populations south to the Pyrenees apparently outnumbering other colour phases. They also occurred in the mountains of Friuli (Italy) and around Kotor (Montenegro). Black wolves were also reported in Siberia as the Vekvoturian Mountain-wolf. Colonel Smith erroneously believed that the so-called "Rossomak" of the Lenas in Siberia was of the same variety. However, in fact, "Rossomak" in Russian exactly corresponds with the English "wolverine", a mustelid species, in English (Gulo gulo in Latin). Black wolves were considered rare in northern Europe; however, Dr. Höggberg, a medical practitioner at Karlstad mentioned five black wolves being killed in the Swedish province of Värmland in 1801. These wolves were completely black and were bigger than the more common grey variety. Their pelts were considered exotic enough to be sold for three to four times the price established for more common colour phases. Also, the last wolf in Scotland, supposedly killed by MacQueen of Pall à Chrocain, is usually narrated as having been black. Cuvier noted that European black wolves differed little in size from other colour phases, but exceeded them in physical strength. Charles Hamilton Smith wrote that black wolves were generally less aggressive than ordinary kinds, and interbred with dogs more readily. In Serbia (Southeastern Europe, the Balkan Peninsula) indicated that on 17 November 2012, a black wolf was killed at Stara Mountain. Asia Black wolves were occasionally reported in Asia. The "Derboun" of the Arabian mountains and southern Syria was a small black wolf which apparently was considered by the Arabs to be more closely related to dogs, as they freely ate its flesh like any other game, unlike with regular wolves which had an unpleasant odour. Black wolves in Tibet are known locally as chanko nagpo, and are considered bolder and more aggressive than the pale-coloured variety. Small populations inhabit Ladakh. North America Although the black wolves of America were originally given the same binomial name as those in Europe, Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest believed that they were a different species. Historically, the natives of the banks of the Mackenzie River, Saskatchewan River and southern Canada apparently never viewed black wolves as a distinct species. In his 1791 book Travels, William Bartram mentioned seeing black wolves among the few red wolf populations he saw in Florida. He stated that they were "perfectly black", except the females which were described as having a white spot on the breast. Bartram also described a "black wolf-dog of the Florida Indians" which was identical to the local wolves, save for the fact that it could bark, and could be trusted around horses. The fur of a black wolf was once considered by the natives of New England to be worth over 40 beaver skins. A chieftain accepting a gift of black wolf fur was seen as an act of reconciliation. The black wolves of the Southern United States were considered a separate species to the northern kind due to differences in colour and morphology, and were named dusky or clouded wolves (Canis nubilus). The dusky wolves occurred in the Missouri Territory, and were intermediate in size between common wolves and coyotes. They apparently produced a foul odour. On January 15, 2009, a male black wolf from "Mollie's Pack" in the Yellowstone National Park's Pelican Valley was weighed in at 143 lbs, making it the largest Yellowstone wolf on record. Adolph Murie was among the first wolf biologists to speculate that the wide color variation in wolves was due to interbreeding with dogs; I suppose that some of the variability exhibited in these wolves could have resulted from crossings in the wild with dogs. Such crosses in the wild have been reported and the wolf in captivity crosses readily with dogs. Some years ago at Circle, Alaska, a wolf hung around the settlement for some time and some of the dogs were seen with it. The people thought that the wolf was a female attracted to the dogs during the breeding period. However, considerable variability is probably inherent in the species, enough perhaps to account for the variations noted in the park and in skins examined. The amount of crossing with dogs has probably not been sufficient to alter much the genetic composition of the wolf population. In 2008, Dr. Gregory S. Barsh, a professor of genetics and pediatrics at the Stanford University School of Medicine used molecular genetic techniques to analyze DNA sequences from 150 wolves, half of them black, in Yellowstone National Park, which covers parts of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. It was discovered that a gene mutation responsible for the protein beta-defensin 3, known as the K locus, is responsible for the black coat colour in dogs. After finding that the same mutation was responsible for black wolves in North America and the Italian Apennines, he set out to discover the origin of the mutation. Dr. Barsh and his colleagues concluded that the mutation arose in dogs 12,779 to 121,182 years ago, with a preferred date of 46,886 years ago after comparing large sections of wolf, dog and coyote genomes. At the University of California, Los Angeles, Robert K. Wayne, a canine evolutionary biologist, stated that he believed that dogs were the first to have the mutation. He further stated that, even if it originally arose in Eurasian wolves, it was passed on to dogs who, soon after their arrival, brought it to the New World and then passed it on to wolves and coyotes. Black wolves with recent dog ancestry tend to retain black pigment longer as they age. This beta-defensin K locus mutation is a dominant black mutation that occurs in many domestic dog breeds. However, a recessive black gene also occurs in a few domestic dog breeds (notably in all-black German Shepherds, but also in some black Border Collies, Australian Shepherds, and Belgian Shepherds). This recessive allele is a recessive allele in the Agouti gene in dogs (R96C arginine to cysteine mutation at codon 96). This recessive black gene is also thought to have derived from wild Eurasian bl.... Discover the Wolf Black popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Wolf Black books.
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Independence Square
Martin Cruz SmithDetective Arkaday Renko“one of the most compelling figures in modern fiction” (USA TODAY)risks his life when he heads to Ukraine shortly before the Russian invasion to find an anti...
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The Black Wolf Pack
Daniel Carter BeardAfter numerous visits to a number of remote and unfrequented places in the Rocky Mountains, from Wyoming to Alberta, the writer was deeply impressed with the awesome mystery of the...
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The Wolf
J.R. WardReturn to the sizzling glymera’s prison camp in this dark and sexy second novel in the new Black Dagger Brotherhood Prison Camp spinoff series from the #1 New York Times bestsellin...
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Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Marlon JamesOne of TIME’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All TimeWinner of the L.A. Times Ray Bradbury Prize Finalist for the 2019 National Book Award The New York Times Bestseller Named a Be...
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Protector Wolf
J.K. Harper"I LOVED how this story plays out. Two broken lost souls find each other and have a beautiful family together." As a new Guardian for the Black Mesa Wolf Pack, Jace Canagan h...
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Black Spring
Christina HenryA former Agent of death, Madeline Black now has everything to live for, most importantly, her unborn child. But Chicago has become ground zero in a struggle between ancient creatur...
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Black Wolves
Kate ElliottAn exiled captain returns to help the son of the king who died under his protection in this rich and multilayered first book in an actionpacked new series. Twenty two years have pa...
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Christmas Wolf
J.K. Harper“This is a beautiful Christmas story. … Mason and Ana’s story will touch your heart.” Mason Pearce never felt passionately about anything, until he met beautiful, sexy Ana. She sti...
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The Wrong Family
Tarryn FisherFrom the #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Never Never, cowritten with Colleen Hoover!From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Wives comes another twisted psychol...
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The Iron Flower
Laurie ForestThe New York Times bestselling series!Dark forces are on the rise in this sweeping second book in The Black Witch Chronicles by critically acclaimed fantasy author Laurie Forest.El...
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Fire Wolf
J.K. HarperBook 7 in the Black Mesa Wolves series by USA Today bestselling author J.K. Harper "Get the tissues out for this one. A sexy, action packed and emotional story." As a paramed...
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Her Guardian Wolf
Jax GarrenWhen Elle Montgomery’s domineering ex turns out to be a literal monstera werewolf claiming her as his mateshe hires fireman Caleb Hunt as a bodyguard. Afraid to love again, she pou...
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Black City
Christina HenryFormer Agent of death Madeline Black may have been stripped of her wingsbut she hasn’t lost her purpose… When Maddy finally killed her father, Azazel, she thought his depraved exp...
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Moon Witch, Spider King
Marlon James“Masterfully flips the first installment on its head... James makes the mythic tantalizingly real.’” Esquire "Even more brilliant than the first.” BuzzfeedAn Instant New Yor...
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Hunting Wolf
J.K. HarperBook 3 in the Black Mesa Wolves series by USA Today bestselling author J.K. Harper "I love her shifter world! She's created a wonderful world and characters that captured my attent...
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Black Wolf
Juan Gómez-JuradoInternational bestselling sensation Antonia Scott, along with Jon Gutierrez, return in the much anticipated sequel to Red Queen.Antonia Scott has an unusually gifted mind, able to...
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The Crown
Nancy BilyeauAn astonishing debut in historical fiction, hailed as “part The Da Vinci Code, part The Other Boleyn Girl,” (Woman’s Day), The Crown follows one nun’s dangerous quest to find an an...
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Lamp Black, Wolf Grey
Paula BrackstonArtist Laura Matthews finds her new home in the Welsh mountains to be a place so charged with tales and legends that she is able to reach through the gossamerfine veil that separat...
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Black Wolf
Lizzy FordBlack Wolf may have traveled west to ransom the heir of Lost Vegas, but he quickly discovers his destiny lies in a different direction. All roads, and all paths, lead to the cursed...
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Promiscuous Wolf
Mahalia LeveyCaress Galveston has her work cut out for her. The one man she wants above all others is playing hard to get. He admits they’re mates, yet he won’t take the step to make her his. I...
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Black Gold
Vivian ArendTheir wolves are howling at the moon. Their human halves are on different planets. Lone wolf Shaun Stevens’s automatic response to the words “happily ever after”? Kill me now. Yet ...
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Guardian Wolf
J.K. Harper<b>From USA TODAY bestselling author J.K. Harper comes a sexy wolf shifter series with intoxicating romance, pulsepounding suspense, and fated mates finding their happily eve...
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Wild Wolf
J.K. Harper<b>Book 4 in the Black Mesa Wolves series by USA Today bestselling author J.K. Harper</b><br> <br> <i>"Twists and turns, and a few scenes that wil...
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Black Moon
J.D. TylerA group of former Navy SEALS, the Alpha Pack is a topsecret team of wolf shifters with Psy powers combating the greatest dangers in the world. But sometimes those dangers are more ...
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Wolf Hustle
Cin FabréFrom the South Bronx projects to the boardroomat only nineteen years old, Cin Fabré ran with the wolves of Wall Street.Growing up, Cin Fabré didn’t know anything about the stock ma...
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50 Classic Sea Stories
Jack London50 classic sea stories are collected in this massive anthology. Works include: Across the Spanish Main by Harry Collingwood Adrift in a Boat by W.H.G. Kingston Adrift on the Pacifi...
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The Black Angel
John ConnollyTo those who have been forsaken, hell has no geography. The Black Angel begins with the disappearance of a young prostitute from one of New York City's seamiest neighborhoods. Lik...
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Solstice Wolf
J.K. Harper“Such a romantic love story.” Once upon a time, wolf shifter Lia Woolsey fell in love. More specifically, she met her mate and settled down with him in a small town far from ...
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The Black Witch Chronicles Volume 1
Laurie ForestJourney to the magical world of Erthia in this exciting collection of stories from The Black Witch Chronicles by critically acclaimed author Laurie Forest.THE BLACK WITCHThough Ell...
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New Year Wolf
J.K. Harper"5 GOLD SNOWFLAKES! The communication between wolf & human is hilarious! That is actually one of my favorite parts of shifter stories but no one does it as PAWFECTLY as J.K.!" ...
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The Viper
J.R. WardA heartwrenching tale of love and betrayal in the Black Dagger Brotherhood world from #1 New York Times bestselling author J. R. Ward.Framed for the grisly murder of his shellan, K...
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The Black Wolves of Boston
Wen SpencerFrom the Romantic Times Sapphire award winning author of the Internationally best‑selling Elfhome series. REBUILD A LIFE, SAVE A CITY Silas Decker had his world destroyed...
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The Demon Tide
Laurie ForestThe New York Times bestselling series!A USA TODAY bestseller!Nothing can stop the demon tide. Don't miss the epic fourth book in The Black Witch Chronicles by critic...
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All I Want for Christmas Is a Vampire
Kerrelyn SparksToni Davis's Christmas wish list1. Springing my best friend from the psych ward.2. Living somewhere that doesn't have coffins in the basement. Occupied coffins.3. Finding Mr. Right...
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The Black Witch
Laurie ForestCritics are raving about Laurie Forests incredible debut, The Black Witch:"Elloren learns to question authority and Gardnerian history, while developing real empathy for different ...
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The Shadow Wand
Laurie ForestThe New York Times bestselling series!Her worldaltering secret can't be hidden much longer. Prepare to be spellbound by the third book in The Black Witch Chronicles by critically a...
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Black Magic
Val St. CroweBree West and Jack Bastian are now connected, to each other, and to the new black unicorn, Jonquil. With Jonquil’s new powers, the unicorns have begun plans to crush the regime of ...
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Mine
J.R. WardThe hotly anticipated thrilling conclusion of the Lair of the Wolven series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward.In this finale, Lydia and Daniel are bracing the...
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When Love Awaits
Johanna LindseyOnce Lady Leonie cursed 'the Black Wolf' handsome Rolfe d'Ambert, the mercenary Lord of Kempston for his bloody deeds and cruelty to the local peasants. Now she must marry the ma...
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Wandfasted
Laurie ForestThe New York Times bestselling series!Magic, romance, fantasy, and adventure collide in Wandfasted, the irresistible ebook prequel to The Black Witch Chronicles by Laurie Fore...
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Claimed
J.R. WardA heartpounding new series set in the Black Dagger Brotherhood world, about a scientist fighting to save the gray wolvesand getting caught in a deadly trap herself...Lydia Susi is ...
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What A Wolf Wants
Heather LongHe runs alone... Ryker Grey is used to being on the outside looking in. For more than fifty years, he has worked as Pack Enforcer for the Black Hills Wolves, rising to his rank swi...