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- under a large rock. Was
missing tail. Had evidently
frozen in its sleep from
position of body. Tracks
then lead up and over
some very rough country
to a calf elk kill. Only
paunch, legs, and cape of
skin remained. Was not
over 3 weeks old.
Jan. [January] 6 [1946] Autopsied wolf - 1 1/2 yr [year] old
[female symbol]. Wt. [weight] 37 lbs. [pounds], total length
minus tail 45 1/2" [inches], hind foot
10 1/2" [inches], shoulder height 23" [inches].
40-50% of skin surface
infested with mange. Worst
around hind quarters. 7 flat
worms (1 foot long each) and
4 roundworms removed
from middle small and upper
large intestine. Stomach and
intestines, particularly lower
end, filled with blood.
Nothing else in stomach, liver
(large lobe) had small
yellowish spots all through
tissue. Death caused by
hemmorage [hemorrhage].
Jan. [January] 7. Two wolves had been back to
cow elk kill at Hillsdale. Found
[different handwriting; possibly Jim Hatter]
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