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Melanistic coyotes owe their color to a mutation that first arose in domestic dogs. [77] Coyotes occasionally mate with domestic dogs, sometimes producing crosses colloquially known as "coydogs". [78] Such matings are rare in the wild, as the mating cycles of dogs and coyotes do not coincide, and coyotes are usually antagonistic towards dogs.
This canine has been named Canis latrans var. [3] and has been referred to as the eastern coyote, northeastern coyote, coywolf, [4] and the southern tweed wolf. [5] [6]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]
Coyotes are not native to Ohio, but their territory has shifted east over time as land has been cleared for agriculture and other, larger carnivores that could threaten coyotes have dwindled. They ...
Coydogs (the offspring of a male coyote and a female domestic dog) are naturally occurring red or blond color variations of the coyote and feral dogs. The breeding cycles of domestic dogs and coyotes are not synchronized and this makes interbreeding uncommon.
A pair of coyote pups discovered in a yard in Rockland last week are being cared for on the Cape until they are ready for release, according to Rockland Animal Control Officer Ian Davidson.. He ...
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Of 379 wild canid skulls taken in Ohio from 1982 to 1988, 10 (2.6%) were found to be coydogs. It was noted that "The incidence of coydog hybrids was high only in areas of expanding, widely dispersed coyote populations". [9] In a study of coyote–dog encounters in the wild, hostile and playful encounters were seen in about equal proportions. [10]
Natural Resources Commission shortens coyote hunting season despite opposition from some hunters and trappers. Advocates say fewer coyote pups will die. Coyote hunting now banned in Michigan for ...