XXXIV. 



Northern Coyote, Big Coyote, Prairie-wolf or Brush- 

 wolf. 



Cams latrans Say. 



(L. Canis, a dog; L. latrans, barking; because it is more of a barker than is any 



other wild dog.) 



Canis latrans Say, 1823. Long's Exped. Rky. Mts., I, p. 168. 

 Type Locality. — Council Bluffs, Iowa. 



French Canadian, le Coyote. 



Cree, Mes-cha-cha-gan-is' . 



Saut., Mes-cha-chag'-an-is. 



OjiB., Mes-ta-cha'-gan-es. 



Yankton Sioux, Song-toke-cha. 



Ogallala Sioux, Mee-yah-slay'-cha-lah. 



'Cased Wolf is the old trade name of the Coyote, be- 

 cause its skin was cased like that of a Muskrat, while the 

 Gray-wolf's pelt was spread out flat like that of a Beaver. 



The generic characters are as in the preceding, but the 

 Northern Coyote may be distinguished from the Gray-wolf first 

 and chiefly by its much smaller size, slender build, and almost 

 fox-like muzzle and ears; second, its general warmer sienna 

 colour; and from the numerous other Coyotes of the far South- 

 west by its larger size, paler colours, and teeth of which the 

 premolars and carnassials are "very large and greatly swollen." 



A very fat male killed at Touchwood Hills, Sask., by size 

 Ed. Hollis, in the winter of 1901-2, measured: 



Head and body 2 feet 9^ inches C850 mm.) 



Tail 13 " (330 mm.) 



Hind-foot 7f " (198 mm.) 



Ear 4^5^ " (no mm.) 



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