MAP 43— RANGE OF THE COYOTES. 



This chart is purely diagrammatic ; manv of the forms undoubtedly overlap or intergrade. It is drawn up chiefly from Dr. C. Hart Merriam's 

 Kevision of the Coyotes, 1897. the Biological Survey map (Doc. 132, Senate igo?). aUu D. G. Elliot. Vernon Bailey, E. A. Preble, H. A. Allen, 

 and from my own notes in many parts of the West. Full investigation must greatly change the boundaries between the many forms and alt the 



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 The following are recognized: 



Cam's latrans Say. Common, with 4 races, 

 Canisfrustror Woodhouse. Woodland Coyote, 

 Canis cagoltis (H. Smith). Red Coyote. 

 Canis peninsulae Merriam. South California Coyote 

 Cants microJon Merriam. Rio Grande Coyote, 

 Canis mearnsi Merriam. Mearns's Coyote, 



Canis es/or Merriam. Desert Coyote, 



Cam's ochropus Eschshoetz. California Coyote, 



Canis oigilis Merriam. Colima Coyote, 



Canis golJmani Merriam, 



Can/5 depticus Elliot, 



Canis impaviJus Allen. 



