canis rufus(n = noun.animal) canis niger, maned wolf, red wolf - reddish-grey wolf of southwestern North America;
is a kind of wolf

canis, canis aureus, canis dingo, canis familiaris, canis latrans, canis lupus, canis lupus tundrarum, canis major, canis minor, canis niger, ctenocephalides canis, genus canis, lynx rufus, mustelus canis, william rufus