Canis latrans Say 1823 (coyote)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Alternative combination: Chrysocyon latrans

Synonyms: Canis andersoni Merriam 1910, Canis caneloensis Skinner 1942, Canis clepticus Eliot 1903, Canis estor Merriam 1897, Canis frustror Woodhouse 1851, Canis goldmani Merriam 1904, Canis hondurensis Goldman 1936, Canis impavidus Allen 1903, Canis irvingtonensis Savage 1951, Canis jamesi Townsend 1912, Canis lestes Merriam 1897, Canis mearnsi Merriam 1897, Canis microdon Merriam 1897, Canis nebrascensis Merriam 1898, Canis ochropus Eschscholtz 1829, Canis orcutti Merriam 1910, Canis peninsulae Merriam 1897, Canis riviveronis Hay 1917, Canis vigilis Merriam 1897, Lyciscus cagottis Hamilton-Smith 1839

Belongs to Canis according to R. H. Tedford et al. 2009

See also Albright 1999, Albright et al. 2019, Alroy 2002, Bourguignat 1875, Elftman 1931, Eshelman et al. 2018, Hall 1981, Hay 1902, Hay 1917, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Nowak 1979, Savage 1951, Schultz 1938, Schultz and Howard 1935, Skinner 1942, Slaughter 1966, van Gelder 1978 and Wang et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Canis (Epicyon), Canis accitanus, Canis adoxus, Canis apolloniensis, Canis armbrusteri, Canis arnensis, Canis aureus, Canis borjgali, Canis cana, Canis cedazoensis, Canis ceylonicus, Canis chihliensis, Canis cipio, Canis culpaeus, Canis dingo, Canis edwardii, Canis etruscus, Canis familiaris, Canis feneus, Canis geismarianus, Canis gezi, Canis hewitti, Canis incertus, Canis latidentatus, Canis lepophagus, Canis longdanensis, Canis lupaster, Canis lupus, Canis lydekkeri, Canis megamastoides, Canis michauxi, Canis monticinensis, Canis mosbachensis, Canis osorum, Canis othmanii, Canis palaeoplatensis, Canis palmidens, Canis proplatensis, Canis rufus, Canis sechurae, Canis senezensis, Canis simensis, Canis tarijensis, Canis teilhardi, Canis thooides, Canis troglodytes, Canis variabilis, Canis vetulus, Nyctereutes terblanchei

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (2: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), Mexico (5), United States (86: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming)

• Blancan of United States (8: Arizona, California, New Mexico)

Total: 101 collections including 103 occurrences

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.