Note 32 — Chapter II · ON THE DIFFERENTIATION OF THE HUMAN FROM THE ANTHROPOID MIND
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It is certainly believed by fox-hunters that a fox feeds his vixen when she is occupied with their family, and that “if the vixen is killed he will bring up the family by himself.”—Thomas F. Dale, The Fox, pp. 12, 13.
Nothing incredible in this—nor of wolves. Can the vixen provide for herself and litter alone? If not, the dog must do it: else there could be no foxes or wolves.
However, de Canteleu denies that the he-wolf takes any part in rearing the young (La Chasse du Loup, p. 30).