loup-cervier

I know an instance, myself, in which a gentleman of Quebec, riding a little way from the town, was suddenly pounced upon and attacked by a _loup-cervier_, near the Plains of Abraham.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 Various

Of the other wild beasts of this hill-district, the commonest is that known to the inhabitants as the _loup-cervier_, -- a name oddly enough misconstructed by a writer on Canadian sports into "Lucifer."

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 Various

Its principal prey is the common or Northern hare, which abounds in these regions: but at times the _loup-cervier_ will invade the poultry-yards; and he is even held to account, now and then, for the murder of innocent lambs, and the disappearance of tender piglings whose mothers were so negligent as to let them stray alone into the brushwood.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 Various

"A _loup-cervier_," whispered the boy, and slowly raised Blood River

The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest 1921

Often he spoke of beautiful women; of mighty tepees of stone; of bridges of iron, and of trains which rushed along the iron trails at the speed of the flight of a bird, and spat fire and smoke, and whose voice shrieked louder than the mate-call of the _loup-cervier_.

The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest 1921

They set about skinning the _loup-cervier_, and spread the pelt upon the floor for a robe.

The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest 1921

"If it is a wild-cat, it is the same as the 'lucivee,' or loup-cervier," replied Addison.

When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine 1887

The animals of the cat kind are the cougar or American lion, the loup-cervier, the catamount, and the manguay or lynx.

The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) George Warburton 1836

The "wildcat" above referred to is probably that variety of lynx known in Canada and most of the Northern States and the Pacific as the loup-cervier, or vulgarly, the "lucifee."

First Across the Continent; The Story of The Exploring Expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 1805

The compound word _loup-cervier_ was significant, and was applied originally to the animal of which the stag was its natural prey, _qui attaque les cerfs_.

Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03 Samuel de Champlain 1601