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COYOTE FACTS
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Description
Coyotes vary in color from grey-brown to yellowish gray on the upper parts. The throat and underside are whitish. The forelegs, sides of head, muzzle and feet are reddish brown. There is a dark stripe along the back, and dark markings on shoulder area. The tail is long with black tip.
Size
Length 75cm - 100cm
Environment
forests, grasslands, deserts, and swamps
Food
Small mammals, such as rabbits and ground squirrels. Sometimes eat birds, snakes, large insects . Also carrion, leaves, fruit, vegetables.
Breeding
Litter size is usually about 6, but can vary from 1 to 19. Young are born in a den after a gestation period of about 60 days. The young start to leave the den after 3-4 weeks and are fully weaned after 5 weeks.
Range
North and Central America from Panama in the south through Mexico, the United States, and Canada.
Classification
| Class: | Mammalia | | Order: | Carnivora | | Family: | Canidae | | Genus: | Canis | | Species: | latrans | | Common Name: | Coyote |
Relatives in same Genus
Gray Wolf (C. lupus)
Red Wolf (C. rufus)
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