Coyotes (Canis latrans) are members of the Canidae family and share many traits with their relatives — wolves, dogs, foxes and jackals. They have narrow snouts, lean bodies, yellow eyes, bushy ...

Most people, including biologists, now generally refer to them as Eastern coyotes (Canis latrans), but sometimes even the scientists aren’t exactly sure where this critter falls in the taxonomic ...

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While you may think spotting a coyote (Canis latrans) in your neighborhood is rare, it’s actually not uncommon.“Coyotes are adaptable to whatever environment they come across,” says Sheldon ...

“Ex Situ Canis Latrans” at Murmurs L.A. shows this artist's powerful symbolic use of broken and decaying materials. Installation view of Ruben Ulises Rodriguez Montoya, Tlahuelpuchi (2021) in ...

P. Cunningham et al. Coyotes can do ‘puppy dog eyes’ too: comparing interspecific variation in Canis facial expression muscles. Published online October 2, 2024. Royal Society Open Science ...

Not long ago, geologically speaking, coyotes (Canis latrans) were bigger and more robust than today’s animals. In the late Pleistocene, over 10,000 years ago, coyotes rivaled grey wolves (Canis ...

The hybrid, or Canis latrans var., is about 55 pounds heavier than pure coyotes, with longer legs, a larger jaw, smaller ears and a bushier tail. It is part eastern wolf, ...

The animal weighed 84 pounds (38 kilograms), which is four times as heavy as a western coyote (Canis latrans) and double the average weight of an eastern coyote — a hybrid species with both ...