With a deep orange coat, long, dark legs and sizable, white and fluffy ears, he looks like a cross between a fox and a coyote. He’s about 3 feet tall, making him one of the tallest of his species.

The maned wolf is a unique animal in the canid species, and earlier this month, the Louisville Zoo welcomed a 6-year-old male named Chrys to his new home.

Their last maned wolf died last year, and now Louisville Zoo officials say they’re excited to have the species back in Louisville. Chrys has settled into his new enclosure, and the zoo is developing plans to monitor his diet, learn more about his species and — eventually — raise pups.

Despite their name, maned wolves are not the wolves you may be picturing. They’re their own species of canid, which are in the same family as wolves, foxes and

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