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In May 2011, an examination of 48,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms in red wolves, eastern wolves, gray wolves, and dogs indicated that the red and eastern wolves were hybrid species, with the red wolf being 76% coyote and 20% gray wolf, and the eastern wolf being 58% gray wolf and 42% coyote, finding no evidence of being distinct species in ...
In recent history, the taxonomic status of the red wolf has been widely debated. Mech (1970) suggested that red wolves may be fertile hybrid offspring from gray wolf (Canis lupus) and coyote (C. latrans) interbreeding. Wayne and Jenks (1991) and Roy et al. (1994b, 1996) supported this suggestion with genetic analysis.
Coyotes and wolves first hybridized in the Great Lakes region, followed by a hybrid coyote expansion that created the largest mammalian hybrid zone known. [7] In 2014, a DNA study of northeastern coyotes showed them on average to be a hybrid of western coyote (62%), western wolf (14%), eastern wolf (13%), and domestic dog (11%) in their nuclear ...
Voyageurs Wolf Project, an organization focused on understanding the ecology of wolves in Minnesota, posted a cryptic video on X earlier this month featuring what looked to be a coyote-dog hybrid.
Coyotes mate in late January through early March. They are monogamous breeders, meaning once a mate is found, the pair typically remains together until one of them dies, in which case the survivor ...
A captive female coyote mating with a male dog, then nursing the resulting hybrids ("dogotes") In captivity, F 1 hybrids tend to be more mischievous and less manageable as pups than dogs, and are less trustworthy [clarification needed] in maturity than wolfdogs. [1] Hybrids vary in appearance, but generally retain the coyote's adult coat color ...
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At the same time, because many isolated populations of the three wolf species in North America have also mixed with coyotes in the wild, [5] it has been speculated by some biologists that some of the coywolf hybrids in the northeastern third of the continent may also have both coydogs and wolfdogs in their gene pool. [6]