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Canis latrans (coyote)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Canis latrans was named by Say (1823). It is extant.

It was recombined as Chrysocyon latrans by Bourguignat (1875).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. kronstadtensis, C. multicuspus, C. ocropus, C. orientalis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1823Canis latrans Say
1829Canis ochropus Eschscholtz
1839Lyciscus cagottis Hamilton-Smith
1851Canis frustror Woodhouse
1875Chrysocyon latrans Bourguignat
1897Canis estor Merriam
1897Canis lestes Merriam
1897Canis mearnsi Merriam
1897Canis microdon Merriam
1897Canis peninsulae Merriam
1897Canis vigilis Merriam
1898Canis nebrascensis Merriam
1902Canis latrans Hay p. 775
1903Canis impavidus Allen
1903Canis clepticus Eliot
1904Canis goldmani Merriam
1910Canis andersoni Merriam
1910Canis orcutti Merriam
1910Canis andersoni Merriam p. 393
1912Canis jamesi Townsend
1917Canis riviveronis Hay
1931Canis lestes Elftman p. 7
1935Canis latrans Schultz and Howard p. 284
1935Canis microdon Schultz and Howard p. 284
1936Canis hondurensis Goldman
1942Canis caneloensis Skinner
1951Canis irvingtonensis Savage
1966Canis latrans Slaughter p. 479
1966Canis andersoni Slaughter p. 480
1966Canis caneloensis Slaughter p. 480
1978Canis latrans van Gelder
1980Canis latrans Kurten and Anderson p. 167
2008Canis latrans Wang et al.
2009Canis latrans Tedford et al. p. 131 figs. 40, 43, 44, 49A–H, 50–52; appendices 2–4
2018Canis latrans Eshelman et al. p. 8
2019Canis latrans Albright et al. p. 173

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyCaninaeGill 1872
genusCanis
specieslatransSay 1823

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Canis latrans Say 1823 [coyote]
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Invalid names: Canis andersoni Merriam 1910 [synonym], Canis caneloensis Skinner 1942 [synonym], Canis clepticus Eliot 1903 [synonym], Canis estor Merriam 1897 [synonym], Canis frustror Woodhouse 1851 [synonym], Canis goldmani Merriam 1904 [synonym], Canis hondurensis Goldman 1936 [synonym], Canis impavidus Allen 1903 [synonym], Canis irvingtonensis Savage 1951 [synonym], Canis jamesi Townsend 1912 [synonym], Canis lestes Merriam 1897 [synonym], Canis mearnsi Merriam 1897 [synonym], Canis microdon Merriam 1897 [synonym], Canis nebrascensis Merriam 1898 [synonym], Canis ochropus Eschscholtz 1829 [synonym], Canis orcutti Merriam 1910 [synonym], Canis peninsulae Merriam 1897 [synonym], Canis riviveronis Hay 1917 [synonym], Canis vigilis Merriam 1897 [synonym], Lyciscus cagottis Hamilton-Smith 1839 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivores
Diet 2: omnivores
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: "meat/non-vertebrate group" (Van Valkenburgh 1988)s
Created: 2009-01-04 14:18:04
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:18:04
Source: s = species, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (101 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Arizona) Canis irvingtonensis (19656 19657 19658)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) Canis latrans (20112 20117 20120 20122)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (New Mexico) Canis latrans (19973)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Kansas) Canis latrans (19927)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Canis latrans (77590)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) Canis latrans (20285 192626)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Canis latrans (20137 20293 20295 20567)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Nevada) Canis latrans (20280)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (West Virginia) Canis latrans (20532)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Iowa) Canis latrans (20556)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Canis irvingtonensis (20387) Canis latrans (20126 20127 20129 20130 20134 20173 20187 20327 20454) Canis sp. (20178)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arkansas) Canis latrans (20290)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3Mexico (Aguascalientes) Canis latrans (20283)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arizona) Canis latrans (19617)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Nebraska) Canis dirus (20500) Canis latrans (20143 20347 20501 159680)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Canis latrans (20342 20530) Canis lepophagus (20498)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Colorado) Canis latrans (20150 20329 20477 20559 152653)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Canis priscolatrans (20302)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (New Mexico) Canis latrans (20514)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Oklahoma) Canis latrans (20157)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.8 - 0.012USA (California) Canis latrans (20323)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Canis andersoni, Canis ochropus (150336)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Texas) Canis latrans (225289)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Maryland) Canis latrans (195939)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (South Carolina) Canis latrans (206992)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Canis latrans (20491 195112)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Canis latrans (20642 20644 20646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Canis latrans (20617)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Canis latrans (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Indiana) Canis latrans (20600)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Canis riviveronis (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Arizona) Canis latrans (20619)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Saskatchewan) Canis latrans (20635)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Canis latrans (93181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Missouri) Canis latrans (93379)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Canis latrans (104664)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Canis latrans (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Canis latrans (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Canis latrans (74292) Canis riviveronis (34269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Puebla) Canis latrans (71308)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Canis latrans (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Canis latrans (93141) Canis latrans, Canis microdon (93281)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Canis latrans (80232)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Canis latrans (74953)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Canis latrans (93332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Canis latrans (93528)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Dakota) Canis latrans (93333)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Canis latrans (76059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Montana) Canis latrans (93182)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Canis latrans (20569 20612)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Canis latrans (79582)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Canis latrans (20653)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Canis latrans (20273 73752) Canis ochropus (79630 155409)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Utah) Canis latrans (20641)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Canis latrans (79683 230753)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oklahoma) Canis latrans (216271)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Mexico (Chihuahua) Canis latrans (71263)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Mississippi) Canis latrans (93345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) Canis latrans (93326)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Montana) Canis latrans (162133)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Texas) Canis latrans (74474 79584)