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An Eastern coyote, a coyote-wolf hybrid in West Virginia near the Virginia state line. Eastern coyotes range from New England , New York , New Jersey , Pennsylvania , [ 8 ] Ohio , [ 9 ] West Virginia , [ 10 ] Maryland , [ 11 ] Delaware , and Virginia . [ 12 ]
An eastern coyote in the snow near the West Virginia–Virginia state line. The eastern coyote is a wild North American canine hybrid with both coyote and wolf parentage. The hybridization likely first occurred in the Great Lakes region, as western coyotes moved east.
The taxonomic status of the red wolf is debated. It has been described as either a species with a distinct lineage, [73] a recent hybrid of the gray wolf and the coyote, [10] an ancient hybrid of the gray wolf and the coyote which warrants species status, [74] or a distinct species that has undergone recent hybridization with the coyote. [75] [76]
According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, skunks and coyotes are more active during the spring as they search for mates. They also may venture out of their typical ranges to do so.
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.
A hybrid between a Bengal tiger and a Siberian tiger is an example of an intra-specific hybrid. Family Canidae. Fertile canid hybrids occur between coyotes, wolves, dingoes, jackals and domestic dogs. Hybrids of unknown fertility can occur between South American foxes of the Lycalopex genus and domestic dogs. Family Mustelidae
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The proposed timing of the wolf/coyote divergence conflicts with the finding of a coyote-like specimen in strata dated to 1 million years before present. [41] In 2017 a group of canid researchers challenged the 2016 whole-genome DNA study's finding that the red wolf and the eastern wolf were the result of recent coyote–gray wolf hybridization.