COYOTE 



Canis latrans. 



The coyote, or "prairie wolf" as it is called in contrast to the 

 gray or timber wolf by the difference in habitat, was formerly all 

 too common throughout our country from north to south, being 

 most numerous on the Western plains, but at present is rare any- 

 where, although its range includes remote regions from Alaska 

 to Guatemala. In such solitudes, at dead of night and often at the 

 near approach of dawn, may be heard his high-pitched cry, half 

 howl, half yelp, easily distinguished from the deep bass growl of his 

 gray neighbor, and from which he receives his Latin name "latrans" 

 meaning "barking.'' 



Most of the marauding is done during the darkness, when these 

 sly creatures slink forth in packs to secure their prey ; hares, chip- 



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