Coyote

Canis latrans · Canidae

The coyote is a species of canine also known as the American jackal, prairie wolf, and brush wolf. It is native to North America, and it is smaller than its close relative, the gray wolf, and slightly smaller than the closely related eastern wolf and red wolf. It fills much of the same ecological niche as the golden jackal does in Eurasia, but the coyote is generally larger.

Where the Coyote lives

Recorded in United States of America, Canada and Mexico (North America).

Most records fall in California, Texas, Ontario, Arizona, Alberta and British Columbia.

See the Coyote’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 107,384 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.