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Coyote
Canis latrans Say in James, 1823

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Carnivora - carnivores »  family Canidae - dogs and allies »  genus Canis

Scientific synonyms

Canis (Luciscus) latrans

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IUCN category 2024-1:
Least Concern LC
Temporal range:Quaternary > Pleistocene > Lower Pleistocene – recent
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Images

Canis latrans - Coyote

Author: Hollingsworth, John and Karen

Canis latrans - Coyote

Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Canis latrans lestes - Mountain Coyote

Canis latrans lestes - Mountain Coyote

Author: Karl Pollak

Canis latrans lestes - Mountain Coyote

Canis latrans lestes - Mountain Coyote

Author: Karl Pollak

Canis latrans lestes - Mountain Coyote

Canis latrans lestes - Mountain Coyote

Author: Karl Pollak

Canis latrans latrans - Plains Coyote

Canis latrans latrans - Plains Coyote

Author: US Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Research Center media...

Canis latrans texensis - Texas Plains Coyote

Canis latrans texensis - Texas Plains Coyote

Author: Alex Kantorovich

Canis latrans mearnsi - Mearns Coyote

Canis latrans mearnsi - Mearns Coyote

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Canis latrans mearnsi - Mearns Coyote

Canis latrans mearnsi - Mearns Coyote

Author: Klaus Rudloff
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juvenile animal

Canis latrans lestes - Coyote

Taxon in country check-lists*

North America: Canada (Alberta), El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, United States of America (Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah)

* List of countries might not be complete

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Intertaxon relationships

parasite: Echinococcus multilocularis Leuckart, 1863, Neospora caninum Dubey, Carpenter, Speer, Topper et Uggla,1988, Sarcocystis hemionilatrantis Hudkins et Kistner, 1977

prey: Ovis orientalis f. aries Linnaeus, 1758 - Domestic Sheep

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Included taxa

Number of records: 19

subspecies Canis latrans cagottis C. E. H. Smith, 1839 - Mexican Coyote
subspecies Canis latrans clepticus Elliot, 1903 - San Pedro Martir Coyote
subspecies Canis latrans dickeyi Nelson, 1932 - Salvador Coyote

Canis latrans dickeyi

subspecies Canis latrans frustror Woodhouse, 1851 - Southeastern Coyote

Canis latrans frustror

subspecies Canis latrans goldmani Merriam, 1904 - Belize Coyote
subspecies Canis latrans hondurensis Goldman, 1936 - Honduras Coyote
subspecies Canis latrans impavidus J. A. Allen, 1903 - Durango Coyote
subspecies Canis latrans incolatus Hall, 1934 - Northern Coyote
subspecies Canis latrans jamesi Townsend, 1912 - Tiburón Island Coyote
subspecies Canis latrans latrans Say, 1823 - Plains Coyote

Canis latrans latrans

subspecies Canis latrans lestes Merriam, 1897 - Mountain Coyote

Canis latrans lestes

subspecies Canis latrans mearnsi Merriam, 1897 - Mearns Coyote

Canis latrans mearnsi

subspecies Canis latrans microdon Merriam, 1897 - Lower Rio Grande Coyote
subspecies Canis latrans ochropus Eschscholtz, 1829 - California Valley Coyote
subspecies Canis latrans peninsulae Merriam, 1897 - Peninsula Coyote
subspecies Canis latrans texensis Bailey, 1905 - Texas Plains Coyote

Canis latrans texensis

subspecies Canis latrans thamnos Jackson, 1949 - Northeastern Coyote

Canis latrans thamnos

subspecies Canis latrans umpquensis Jackson, 1949 - Northwest Coast Coyote
subspecies Canis latrans vigilis Merriam, 1897 - Colima Coyote

Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [3745]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Canis latrans Say, 1823]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
EN Wikipedia Articles [Coyote]

Wikipedia Articles [https://en.wikipedia.org]
EN ASM Mammal Diversity Database 2.1 [1005941]

ASM Mammal Diversity Database [https://www.mammaldiversity.org/], American Society of Mammalogists [as Canis latrans Say in James, 1823]
Data retrieved on: 29 May 2025
EN Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3] [as Canis latrans Say, 1823]
Data retrieved on: 5 December 2008
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Canis latrans Say, 1823]
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