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but it approaches the fox in some of its habits. Like 

 the latter, it lives and has its young in burrows, which it 

 makes, if necessary, by digging with its claws ; whereas 

 the large wolf produces its young in caves, the clefts of 

 rocks, under a tree, or in places where no digging is nec- 

 essary. The voice also seems to be a combination of the 

 long howl of the wolf and the yelp of the fox ; but so dis- 

 tinctly marked is it from either, that, once heard, it is 



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never forgotten. The coyote has the strange peculiarity 

 of making the ciy of one sound like that of many; and 

 should two or three try their larynx at the same time, 

 persons would fancy that large packs were giving tongue 

 in chorus. The cry seems to be divided into two parts. 

 Its first begins with a deep, long howl, then runs rapidly 

 up into a series of barks, and terminates in a high scream, 

 issued in prolonged jerks. 



This animal is larger than the fox, being about two feet 



