Wolf

The Wolf in Ancient Egypt

Two species of wolf existed in ancient Egypt - the Arabian Wolf and the rare Indian Wolf, which may now be extinct. The ancient Egyptians did not differentiate between wolves and jackals, seeing them as a single species, making proper identification virtually impossible. Wepwawet has been tentatively identified as a wolf god; he was the patron deity for the 13th nome of Upper Egypt, which the Greeks called Lycopolis ("Wolf City.")

The Canines of Ancient Egypt