Coyote
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COYOTE, the Indian name for a North American member of the dog family, also known as the prairie-wolf, and scientifically as Canis latrans.
Coyote (Canis latrans)
Description The Coyote is very similar in size to a small German Shepherd and weighs an average of 25 to 40 pounds. It has long, slender legs, a bushy tail with a black tip, and large ears that are held erect.
Coyote
Coyote (Canis latrans)
Species Code: CALAT
Description: Coyotes are distinguished from domesticated dogs by their pointed, erect ears and drooping tail, which they hold below their back when running.
Coyote Looking for Breakfast
This coyote was the first of four to visit our property this morning. Off to the left is a small thicket of trees where many rodents live. I think the coyote is looking for breakfast.
Coyote (Canis latrans)
RANGE: Most North and Central America.
STATUS: Common and well represented across range.
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"coyotes are very nice but people keep killing them"
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The Coyote (Canis latrans) is a very widespread animal which occurs across all of the U.S. as well as much of Canada and Mexico. It is very common in some areas but it is a shy and wary creature most of the time.
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Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
(k´t, k´t) or prairie wolf, small, swift wolf, Canis latrans, native to W North America. It is found in deserts, prairies, open woodlands, and brush country; it is also called brush wolf.
Coyote
Order Carnivora : Family Canidae : Canis latrans Say
Description.
Coyote
Genus: Canis
Species: latrans
When you think of a coyote, you think of huge, snarling, blood-thirsty wolves, right? Well, that's how I felt when I first started researching these animals.
Coyote (Canis latrans)
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The Coyote is from the order Carnivora. The Carnivora (or carnivores) are meat eating mammals.
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A lone coyote howling at the moon has become a symbol of the American West. But in reality coyotes are not solitary animals. They mate for life and often hunt in packs.
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Type: Mammal Diet: Omnivore Average life span in the wild: Up to 14 years Size: Head and body, 32 to 37 in (81 to 94 cm); Tail, ...
Coyotes are completely monogamous, a characteristic rare among mammals. They establish their territory in late fall, scent-marking it to tell others of their species that the area is already occupied. Each pair breeds in mid-winter.
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Ghostly Coyote
I thought this Coyote had a ghostly look standing out in the middle of this corn field.
Coyote Small Wolf, found from Mexico through the west and central United States, Alaska, and South Canada. It has long, heavy, tawny fur , with a bushy black tipped tail .
The coyote (Canis latrans, meaning "barking dog", also prairie wolf) is a member of the Canidae (dog) family and a relative of the domestic dog. Coyotes are native to North America and are only found in North America south to Costa Rica.
The coyote feeds mainly on small mammals such as mice and hares, carrion and some vegetation. Occasionally, a pack will try its luck hunting deer, but a single coyote is not usually successful when hunting a deer on its own.
The coyote is a wild dog, which are widespread across Canada and across the United States. They are pack animals, and the coyote family usually live together in a den.
The coyote is a very vocal animal. It has a number of vocalizations including barks, growls, yips, whines and howls. It uses a long howl to let other members of the pack know where it is. It uses short barks to warn of danger.
The coyote is the best runner of the canids (dog family: wolves, dogs) reaching speeds of 25 to 30 mph, even 40 mph over short distances, and leaping up to 14 feet in a single bound.
The Wily Coyote: The term "wily coyote" was possibly coined in response to this intelligent canid's problem-solving abilities when hunting prey.
Coyote
Canis latrans
Physical Characters
A grizzled grey or reddish-grey coat with buff underparts, long, rusty or yellowish legs and a bushy tail characterize the coyote. They have arresting, yellow eyes and prominent ears.
Coyote-Human Interactions
Coyotes rarely attack humans. Bites from snakes, rodents, and domestic dogs are a far greater possibility than coyote bites, according to public health authorities.
Coyote The lone coyote is a symbol of the American West. In reality, coyotes are not solitary animals. They mate for life and sometimes hunt in packs, mostly at night.
Coyote, prairie wolf, brush wolf
Canis latrans
The coyote is the star of many North American Indian stories, who believe it is the chief of the pre-human animal age.
Life span
Coyotes can live for over 15 years in captivity.
Coyote: Canis latrans
Appearance:
The coyote is a member of the dog family, similar in appearance to a medium size shepherd. They weigh between 20 and 30 pounds, have pointed ears, a narrow muzzle, and bushy tail.
"Coyotes are as versatile in their eating habits as rats, pigs and man."
—H.T. Gier, Ecology and Behavior of the Coyote, in The Wild Canids, Van Nostrand, Reinhold, N.Y. 1975.
Coyotes are nomads. Males may roam over territories as large as 36 square miles, though females usually stay within a six square mile area. Adult male coyotes may share the territory of two or more females, which may overlap the ranges of other males.
Coyotes may pair up for life. They mate in February, and a litter of five to 10 pups, is born in a den during April. The den is often located in a bank or on a hillside, or it may be an enlarged woodchuck or rabbit burrow.
Coyote
Canis latrans
Range:
from Alaska, throughout Canada and the United States, and south into northern Central America ...
The Coyotes lesser known name is the Desert Wolf. Although it doesn't always live in the desert and it looks more like a dog. They are capable of surviving in rural and urban areas and often prefer fields and farmlands with tons of open space.
The Coyote, Canis latrans, naturally expanded its range into Florida in the 1970's. It is now found throughout the state, primarily in fields, pastures, and other open areas.
Coyote Canis latrans Say
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Coyote
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
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Coyote Cloudywing
Achalarus toxeus (Plötz, 1882)
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Pyrginae ...
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Featuring char-grilled burgers, grilled chicken, chicken nuggets, garden burgers, wraps, kids meals and Jack's own signature fries.
Coyote - Trickster. When we're being too serious about life Coyote may come along to teach us to laugh at ourselves. It is also the karmic enforcer, reminding us that whatever we do to others will be done to us.
Coyote predation: Coyote predation is usually the predominant source of swift fox mortality. Swift foxes in several studies died of unknown causes [39,49,83].
Coyote
Canis latrans
The clever Coyote or "the trickster," as some Native American tribes called it, may be one of the most intelligent and successful mammals in North America.
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Coyotes are meat-eaters related to wolves.
COYPU
Coypus (also called nutrias) are semi-aquatic rodents that are originally from South America.
Coyotes are versatile in their eating habits. They are carnivorous; 90% of their diet is mammalian. They eat primarily small mammals, such as eastern cottontail rabbits, thirteen-lined ground squirrels, and white-footed mice.
Coyotes are about the size of small collie dogs. They are reddish-gray in color, and from a distance they look like very tall foxes. Adult male coyotes weigh 25-37 pounds; adult females weigh 22-33 pounds.
Coyote
aka American Jackal, Brush Wolf, Prairie Wolf
Canis latrans
Coyotes, like wolves, are members of the dog family. With their long, coarse fur, bottle-shaped tails, and large, erect ears, they resemble small German shepherds.
Coyote
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Coyotes vary in color from grey-brown to yellowish gray on the upper parts. The throat and underside are whitish. The forelegs, sides of head, muzzle and feet are reddish brown.
Coyote Howls Campground, Why, Pima County, Arizona
As we walked our dogs in the morning around the immense Coyote Howls campground, the local lizards began to come out for their morning basks.
coyote (Canus latrans): One of the fastest canids, the highly adaptable coyote is described in many Native American stories as being cunning and clever.
Coyotes and humans.
Habitat
Open grasslands, sage flats, and semi-arid prairies; southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada, through the American plains states south to Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and into Mexico.
Coyote Cloudywing (Achalarus toxeus)
Starr Co., TX 10/16/04.
Fritzgaertner's Flat (Celaenorrhinus fritzgaertneri)
Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co., TX 10/17/04.
Coyotes, minks, river otters, and golden eagles often prey on young swans. Once a trumpeter swan reaches adulthood and can fly, they are very rarely preyed upon.
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the coyote reaches the size of the small subtypes of the wolf approximately with a shoulder-height of 45-53 cm. its weight can amount up to 30 kg, usu...
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Jackal, coyote, dingo, fox, domesticated dog
CLASS: Mammalia (mammal)
ORDER: Carnivora (meat-eating) ...
Wolves, coyotes and cougars prey on elk. Since healthy elk can run as fast as 35 mph they can usually escape. If necessary the females can defend themselves or their young with their hooves. A kick can break a wolf's back.
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Should a coyote someday catch a roadrunner the result would likely be something like this:
*Citation for Greater Roadrunner speeds found via Wikipedia's Greater Roadrunner page and information about the top speed of a Coyote came via Fact Monster.
Recently, coyotes, (Canis latrans) or eastern coyotes from mainland Canada [1] have filled the niche formerly occupied by the Newfoundland wolf.
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dark meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus nigrans)
deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus nubiterre)
Delmarva Peninslula fox squirrel (Sciurus niger cinereus)
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She found that the presence of wolves actually benefits vulnerable pronghorn antelope fawns, as healthy wolf packs keep away a more menacing pronghorn predator-the coyote. As smaller carnivores, coyotes routinely prey upon antelope fawn.
The big threat to the kempi today is no longer the coyotes or egg hunters that brought about the original decline. The factor to reckon with now is incidental catch by shrimp trawlers.
Foxes, coyotes and bears supplement their meat intake with plant material. Giant pandas eat no meat at all and survive on a diet that consists exclusively of plants.
 See also: Wolf, Lion, Burro, Deer, Bobcat
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