The coyote (Canis latrans) is a canid hamelt tae North Americae. It is smawer nor its close relative, the gray wouf, bein roughly the North American equivalent tae the Auld Warld gowden jackal, tho it is mair muckle an mair predatory. It is leetit as "least concern" bi the Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur (IUCN), on accoont o its wide distribution an abundance throuoot North Americae, soothwards throu Mexico an intae Central Americae. The species is versatile an able tae adapt tae environs modified bi humans. As human activity haes altered the laundscape, the coyote's range haes expandit. In 2013, coyotes war sichtit in eastren Panama (athort the Panama Canal frae thair hame range) for the first time. The coyote is mair closely relatit tae the common auncestor o woufs an ither canids (mair "basal") nor its relative the gray wouf. As o 2005, 19 coyote subspecies are recognised.

Coyote
Moontain coyote (C. l. lestes)
Scientific classification e
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Faimily: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species: C. latrans
Binomial name
Canis latrans
Say, 1823
Modren range o Canis latrans
Synonyms[2]

References eedit

  1. Sillero-Zubiri & Hoffmann (2008). "Canis latrans". IUCN Reid Leet o Threatened Species. Version 2008. Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur. Retrieved 5 Mey 2008. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |last-author-amp= (help)CS1 maint: uises authors parameter (link) CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "Canis latrans". Fossilworks.org. Archived frae the original on 8 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.