﻿COYOTES 
  IN 
  THEIR 
  ECONOMIC 
  RELATIONS. 
  

  

  INTRODUCTION. 
  

  

  The 
  small 
  prairie 
  wolves 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  and 
  southwestern 
  parts 
  of 
  

   North 
  America 
  are 
  generally 
  known 
  by 
  the 
  Spanish 
  name 
  ' 
  coyote.' 
  

   This 
  serves 
  to 
  distinguish 
  them 
  from 
  the 
  larger 
  gray 
  or 
  dusky 
  wolves 
  

   that 
  occur 
  in 
  many 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  range. 
  

  

  Intermediate 
  in 
  size 
  between 
  the 
  foxes 
  and 
  the 
  larger 
  wolves, 
  yet 
  

   varying 
  greatly 
  in 
  this 
  respect 
  with 
  the 
  different 
  species, 
  the 
  coyotes 
  

   are 
  outwardly 
  characterized 
  by 
  a 
  sharp-pointed 
  muzzle, 
  upright 
  ears, 
  

   and 
  a 
  moderately 
  long, 
  bushy 
  tail. 
  The 
  pelage 
  is 
  full, 
  especially 
  in 
  

   winter. 
  The 
  usual 
  color 
  is 
  a 
  dirty 
  gray, 
  with 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  reddish 
  

   tinge 
  about 
  the 
  head, 
  neck, 
  and 
  legs, 
  and 
  black 
  hairs 
  showing 
  about 
  

   the 
  shoulders 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  back. 
  The 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  red 
  and 
  the 
  black 
  

   varies 
  much 
  with 
  the 
  different 
  species. 
  

  

  Coyotes 
  are 
  generally 
  distributed 
  from 
  the 
  central 
  Mississippi 
  Val- 
  

   ley 
  to 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast 
  and 
  from 
  Costa 
  Rica 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  to 
  the 
  plains 
  

   of 
  the 
  Athabasca 
  on 
  the 
  north. 
  In 
  this 
  extensive 
  range 
  about 
  a 
  

   dozen 
  species 
  have 
  been 
  thus 
  far 
  recognized. 
  ^ 
  Four 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  

  

  a 
  Edward 
  A. 
  Preble 
  informs 
  the 
  writer 
  that 
  the 
  coyote 
  has 
  been 
  captured 
  at 
  

   Fort 
  Smith, 
  northern 
  Athabasca 
  (60° 
  north 
  latitude), 
  and 
  on 
  Nelson 
  River 
  in 
  

   northeastern 
  British 
  Columbia 
  (59° 
  north 
  latitude). 
  

  

  & 
  The 
  following 
  is 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  forms 
  : 
  

  

  1. 
  Canis 
  latrans 
  Say. 
  Type 
  from 
  Council 
  Bluffs, 
  Iowa. 
  

  

  2. 
  C. 
  nebracensis 
  Merriam. 
  Type 
  from 
  Johnstown. 
  Nebraska. 
  

  

  3. 
  G. 
  lestes 
  Merriam. 
  Type 
  from 
  Toyabe 
  Mountains, 
  Nevada. 
  

  

  4. 
  C. 
  frustror 
  Woodhouse. 
  Type 
  from 
  Fort 
  Gibson, 
  Indian 
  Territory. 
  

  

  5. 
  C. 
  mearnsi 
  Merriam. 
  Type 
  from 
  Quitobaquita, 
  Arizona. 
  

  

  6. 
  C. 
  estor 
  Merriam. 
  Type 
  from 
  San 
  Juan 
  River, 
  Utah. 
  

  

  7. 
  C. 
  cagottis 
  H. 
  Smith. 
  Type 
  from 
  Rio 
  Frio, 
  Mexico. 
  

  

  8. 
  C. 
  ochropus 
  Escholtz. 
  San 
  Joaquin 
  Valley, 
  California. 
  

  

  9. 
  C. 
  peninsulw 
  Merriam. 
  Type 
  from 
  Santa 
  Anita, 
  Lower 
  California, 
  Mexico. 
  

  

  10. 
  C. 
  microdot! 
  Merriam. 
  Type 
  from 
  Mier, 
  Tamaulipas, 
  Mexico. 
  

  

  11. 
  C. 
  vigilis 
  Merriam. 
  Type 
  from 
  Manzanillo, 
  Colima, 
  Mexico. 
  

  

  12. 
  C. 
  goldmani 
  Merriam. 
  Type 
  from 
  San 
  Vicente, 
  Chiapas, 
  Mexico. 
  

  

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