Fauna of the Western United States

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 126. Chapters: Prairie dog, American bison, American Black Bear, Coyote, California Sea Lion, Steller sea lion, Bobcat, Birds of Yellowstone National Park, List of amphibians and reptiles of Montana, Animals of Yellowstone, Brush Mouse, Snowshoe Hare, Bighorn Sheep, Ord's Kangaroo Rat, Canada Lynx, Western toad, Crotalus cerastes, Northern Rocky Mountains Wolf, Belding's ground squirrel, Sagebrush lizard, Crotalus viridis, Amphibians and reptiles of Yellowstone National Park, Mule deer, Swift Fox, San Diego Mountain Kingsnake, Mountain goat, Black-footed Ferret, Colorado potato beetle, American Pika, Mackenzie Valley Wolf, Wood Bison, Giant Palouse earthworm, California ground squirrel, Western fence lizard, Kit Fox, Signal crayfish, Douglas Squirrel, Small mammals of Yellowstone National Park, List of clams and mussels of Montana, Short-horned Lizard, California Mule Deer, Crotalus oreganus helleri, Rough-skinned newt, Black-tailed Deer, Southern Rocky Mountains Wolf, List of New Mexico amphibians, Rhinocheilus lecontei, Yellow-bellied marmot, Delta green ground beetle, Utah prairie dog, Columbian White-tailed Deer, Zebra-tailed lizard, Ambystoma mavortium, Roosevelt elk, Fender's blue butterfly, Western Spotted Skunk, Sand Mountain Blue Butterfly, Crotalus mitchellii stephensi, Idaho ground squirrel, Amargosa Pupfish Station, Wyoming Toad, Dusky-Footed Woodrat, Antelope squirrel, Aneides lugubris, Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly, Pacific Flyway, Gray-tailed Vole, Miller, Hypsiglena torquata jani, Great Plains Skink, White-tailed Jackrabbit, Washington ground squirrel, Woodhouse's Toad, Many-lined Skink, White-tailed antelope squirrel, Great Plains Toad, Bone Cabin Quarry, Uinta ground squirrel, Holbrookia maculata, Desert pocket mouse, Aricia icarioides, Rocky Mountain Toad, Limenitis weidemeyerii, Cnemidophorus sexlineatus viridis, Canyon mouse, List of animals of the Rocky Mountains, Ramsey Canyon Leopard Frog, Coast horned lizard, California Kangaroo Rat, Cliff chipmunk, California Myotis, Regal Horned Lizard, Schinia biundulata, White-eared Pocket Mouse, Chihuahuan Pocket Mouse, Southern Rocky Mountain Orangetip. Excerpt: The coyote (US: or , UK: or ; Canis latrans), also known as the American jackal or the prairie wolf, is a species of canine found throughout North and Central America, ranging from Panama in the south, north through Mexico, the United States and Canada. It occurs as far north as Alaska and all but the northernmost portions of Canada. There are currently 19 recognized subspecies, with 16 in Canada, Mexico and the United States, and 3 in Central America. Unlike its cousin the Gray Wolf, which is Eurasian in origin, evolutionary theory suggests the coyote evolved in North America during the Pleistocene epoch 1.81 million years ago alongside the Dire Wolf. Unlike the wolf, the coyote's range has expanded in the wake of human civilization, and coyotes readily reproduce in metropolitan areas. The name coyote is borrowed from Mexican Spanish, ultimately derived from the Nahuatl word cóyotl. Its scientific name, Canis latrans, means "barking dog" in Latin. Preliminary genetic evidence, however, has shown that "coyotes" in some areas are, genetically speaking, 85-90% Canis latrans, and from 10 to 15% Canis lupus, along with some domestic dog DNA; this prompted one researcher to suggest, jokingly, that they be called "Canis soupus," as they are a "soup" (mixture) of canid species. Coyote profile Sku...