John James Audubon's son, John Woodhouse Audubon, was a pretty good artist in his own right. When the elder Audubon began showing signs of mental illness toward the end of his career, his son stepped in to complete their famous portfolio on American mammals. The topic of the day is the younger Audubon's Plate No. 82 from the year 1845 and depicts a wolf standing on a sandbar in a Texas river, sniffing a bison horn surrounded by scattered mussel shells. He labels it the "Red Texan Wolf." The status of this animal is headline news today.
