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Coyote (Canis latrans)

Yellowstone National Park

Wyoming

USA

 

Coyote walking in the snow in Yellowstone National Park.

 

The coyote (Canis latrans) is a canid native to North America. It is smaller than its close relative, the gray wolf, and slightly smaller than its other close relatives, the eastern wolf and the red wolf. It fills much of the same ecological niche as the golden jackal does in Eurasia, though it is larger and more predatory.

 

It is listed as least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature due to its wide distribution and abundance throughout North America, southwards through Mexico, and into Central America. - Wikipedia

 

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Uploaded on August 8, 2022
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