I´m doing that quest now with my 3rd character and for the first time I got the "special animal hide" from a small grey wolf. Before it dropped only from Bears and Grey Wolves (so the larger variant of wolves in Highvale Outskirts). Has that changed and been made easier to get from more animals or was I just unlucky before?
I'm not familiar enough with this quest to comment on which animals they drop from or how often, but I can say nothing should have changed with this quest in recent history. But I'll review the quest and make sure everything makes sense according to current standards. Issue #71534