A coywolf is a canid hybrid descended from coyotes (Canis latrans), eastern wolves (Canis lycaon), gray wolves (Canis lupus), and dogs (Canis familiaris). All of these species are members of the genus Canis with 78 chromosomes; they therefore can interbreed. [1]

2015年11月3日 · What they may not know is that eastern coyotes aren’t true coyotes at all. They might better be known as hybrids, or coywolves. Coywolves only emerged over the last …

2014年1月26日 · Your field guide to everything you ever wanted to know about the Coywolf, or Eastern Coyote — from a trip through the Coywolf’s modern day habitat to its very recent evolutionary history.

2024年6月27日 · A coywolf is a canid hybrid of coyotes, eastern wolves, and gray wolves. According to genomic research, all North American gray wolf populations share a mixture with coyotes, with the lowest amounts seen in Alaska and the greatest in …

2013年8月26日 · The coywolf is a coyote-wolf hybrid found throughout eastern North America, from Canada south to Virginia. For decades, people incorrectly labeled coywolves as eastern coyotes.

2016年5月12日 · A wildlife biologist argues that the canid in eastern North America – known as the eastern coyote, or the coywolf by some – deserves to be classified as a separate species.

2024年4月10日 · A “coywolf” is the nickname given to eastern coyotes, a hybrid of wolves and coyotes that also contain a fair share of genes from domestic dogs.

2024年2月3日 · What happens when you combine a coyote with a wolf? Well, you get a coywolf, of course! Half coyote and half wolf, this canid has the overall appearance and adaptive nature of a coyote and the size and pack mentality of a wolf.

2015年11月4日 · The hybrid coywolf is an “extraordinarily fit new animal” now numbering in the millions across eastern North America. Thanks to DNA from both wolves and dogs (mostly large breeds, like Doberman pinschers and German shepherds), coywolves have larger jaws, more muscle, and faster legs than coyotes.

While the coywolf is far more ecologically similar to the urban coyote, they may have some advantages that make them more competitive, and this could cement them as a new player in …