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The coyote (Canis latrans), also known as the American jackal, prairie wolf, or brush wolf, is a species of canine native to North America. It is smaller than its close relative, the gray wolf , and slightly smaller than the closely related eastern wolf and red wolf .
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]
English: Coyote (Canis latrans lestes) walking in snow in the Yosemite National Park, California. Español: Coyote ( Canis latrans lestes ) caminando en la nieve en el Parque nacional de Yosemite , California , Estados Unidos.
The genus Canis (Carl Linnaeus, 1758) was published in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae [2] and included the dog-like carnivores: the domestic dog, wolves, coyotes and jackals. All species within Canis are phylogenetically closely related with 78 chromosomes and can potentially interbreed . [ 4 ]
(4) Canis latrans frustor (5) Canis latrans goldmani (6) Canis latrans hondurensis (7) Canis latrans impavidus (8) Canis latrans incolatus (9) Canis latrans jamesi (10) Canis latrans latrans (11) Canis latrans lestes (12) Canis latrans mearnsi (13) Canis latrans microdon (14) Canis latrans ochropus (15) Canis latrans peninsulae (16) Canis ...
Labrador wolf, Canis lupus labradorius, apparent natural range expansion in early 21st century. There is no confirmed breeding population on the island. [2] [3] Coyote, Canis latrans, natural range expansion in the late 20th century; Polar bear, Ursus maritimus, periodic appearances on the island in late winter or early spring
Mapping the expansion of coyotes (Canis latrans) across North and Central America, ZooKeys 759: 81–97 (2018) doi: 10.3897/zookeys.759.15149 Author James W. Hody, Roland Kays
Eastern coyote, Canis latrans Coyote. Distribution: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Subspecies: Canis latrans thamnos according to Hall (1981). Wozencraft (2005) also recognizes C. l. thamnos as a valid subspecies. Whitaker and Hamilton (1998) recognize all New England Canis latrans as C. l. latrans.