COYOTE 



Northern Coyote; Brush Wolf; Say Coyote. — Cams latrans 

 Say. 

 As described above; the largest of the Coyotes. Found on 

 "Humid prairies and bordering woodlands of the northern 

 Mississippi Valley, in Iowa and Minnesota, and northern 

 edge of plains westward to the base of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains in the Province of Alberta." (Miller) 



Nebraska Coyote; Prairie Coyote; Prairie Wolf. — Canis ne- 

 hracensis nehracensis Merriam [=pallidus]. 

 Resembling latrans but smaller and paler; buffy back of 

 ears instead of fulvous; no black-tipped hairs in "collar" 

 as in latrans. Total length, 48 inches; tail vertebrae, 15 

 inches; hind foot, 8.2 inches. Found on "Arid plains from 

 eastern Colorado to Montana and Assiniboia." (Miller). 



Texas Coyote. — Canis nebracensis texensis Bailey. 



Upperparts mixed buffy ochraceous and black; muzzle rusty 

 reddish; top of head grizzled yellowish and gray; pale yel- 

 lowish on nape, ears, and crown; underparts whitish, suf- 

 fused with deep buffy on belly; long hairs of throat black- 

 tipped; legs and feet yellowish, with mixture of black on 

 external face; tail tipped with black. Total length, males, 

 46 inches; tail vertebras, 14 inches; hind foot, 7.4 inches. 

 Found in "Gulf region of Texas from Nueces Bay north- 

 ward; probably throughout the lower Sonoran area of 

 Texas, Oklahoma, and Indian Territory." (Miller) 



Great Basin Coyote. — Canis lestes Merriam. 



"Size large (next to latrans); ears and tail large; coloration 

 almost as in latrans.'^ Differing in cranial characters. 

 Upperparts slightly paler than in latrans, "grayish buffy 

 mixed with black hairs." (Merriam) Total length, males 

 45 inches; tail vertebrae, 13 inches; hind foot, 8 inches. 

 Found in "Transition Zone from the dry interior of south- 

 ern British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon southward 

 over the higher lands of the Great Basin, the Sierra Nevada, 

 and the Rocky Mountains to the plateau of northern 

 Arizona, and thence along the continental divide to the 

 Mexican boundary." (Miller) 



Small-toothed Coyote. — Canis microdon Merriam. 



"Size small; coloration rather dark; upper surface of hind 

 foot whitish; belly sprinkled with black-tipped hairs; car- 

 nassial and molar teeth very small." (Merriam) Total 

 length, males, 43 inches; tail vertebrae, 13 inches; hind 

 foot, 7.4 inches; weight, 28 pounds. Found in "Arid 

 tropical or Tamaulipan region of northeastern Mexico 

 and the lower Rio Grande region of Texas. ' ' (Miller) 



Mearns Coyote. — Canis mearnsi Merriam. 



"Size small; ears medium; coloration rich and bright, the 

 fulvous tints exceedingly bright and covering the whole of 

 the fore and hind legs and feet. Skull and teeth small." 

 (Merriam) Total length, females, 44 inches; tail verte- 

 brae, 13 inches; hind foot, 7.2 inches. Found in "Lower 



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