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Coyote or Wolf ?

19 years ago

Of course you'll know right away by my location and the subject of my web page. Isn't he handsome ?

Here is a link that might be useful: Canis latrans

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chubbles
19 years ago
He certainly looks to be in good health. That is a nice looking Coyote! The ones I see down here always seem a bit ragged looking, perhaps because of the perpetual heat.
Beautiful pictures by the way.
ccox
19 years ago
I was going to say the same thing--he's a beauty and looks in great health. Great pics.
C.
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fairy_toadmother
19 years ago
someone after my own heart (likes coyotes). "ours" aren't quite as "precocious" they literally high tail it outta there if they see someone.
webkat5
19 years ago
We have tons of them where I live.....sometimes I feel "surrounded".
the_alpha_wolf_rules
19 years ago
I can tell you that ain't one of mine :P
I've never seen one.
Doctorant
19 years ago
Genetic studies on various coyote populations have demonstrated that New England coyotes do have some wolf mixed in with their predominantly coyote genome. Clearly a coyote, but one can see that hint of wolfiness in your pictures, compared to the appearance of our "purebred" coyotes further to the southwest.
ltcollins1949
19 years ago
Doctorant

Thanks for that bit of information. When I fist looked at the photos, I couldn't believe that it was a coyote, because it is so beautiful. I thought that it was a wolf.

Down here in south Texas, our coyotes are pretty bad looking. And we have been having an epidemic of rabies within the coyote population. So they have been experimenting with a program to stop the spread of rabies. They are using helicopters to drop bait that contains the rabies vaccination in areas that are inaccessible. I read somewhere that in the past 5 years or so, rabies in coyotes is thought to have decreased by approximately 70% here in south Texas.
anne_cape_cod
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19 years ago
Doctorant, you're correct. The eastern coyote is bigger than the western variety and is believed to be a hybrid of the timber wolf and the western or red/western coyote.
fairy_toadmother
19 years ago
very interesting, i never heard that. it also seems strange because i always heard that wolves will kill a coyote every chance they get. waiting for corrections...
chickenmama1
18 years ago
We have beautiful, big coyotes here in Idaho. But this guy has the coloring of some of the "Gray" wolf varieties. I was going to ask if you are absolutely certain this is a coyote and not a wolf, but Doctorant beat me to it by a long shot. You can REALLY see wolf in this animal, except for those great big mule ears! lol It's a beautiful, healthy looking animal. I doubt you'd get any wolf coming out of hiding to have it's picture taken, though. Thanks for the great photo's!
We own wolf dogs responsibly, hence the super interest on my part. Ours are no more that about 76% though.
Butterflyer1966
18 years ago
How beautiful!!!
Thanks for sharing those awesome pictures
Greetings
Susanne(SUE)
KeithB
18 years ago
Wolves do routinely kill coyotes but interbreeding apparently occurs as well. I know in particular that as coyotes moved east and interbred with red wolves that it contributed to the decline of pure red wolves in East Texas and Louisiana.

The Northeast coyotes probably have some gray wolf in them, though even as robust and beautiful as this coyote is, it still definitely looks more coyote than wolf.

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