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Coyote

The coyote is a canid native to North America and Central America. It is a smaller, more basal animal than its close relative, the gray wolf, being roughly the North American equivalent to the Old World golden jackal, though it is larger and more predatory in nature. It is listed as "least concern" by the IUCN, on account of its wide distribution a…

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• Weight: 0.44 pound (0.20 kg) (At birth) · 14.99 pound (6.80 kg) – 46.30 pound (21 kg)
• Scientific name: Canis latrans
• Height: 22.83 inch (58 cm) – 25.98 inch (66 cm)
• Gestation period: 60 days – 63 days
• Max speed: 40.39 mph (65 km/h)
• Body length: 29.92 inch (76 cm) – 33.86 inch (86 cm) (Without tail)

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I have seen coyotes all my life. It is very common out in the country to see them loping along paved roads but when your car or truck nears they suddenly veer off towards fences or prairies or into the bush. They even live near where I live on the coast. They are naturally sneaky sort of if you combined Fox and a wolf by nature. This is kind of how I have always seen them. They aren't big enough to attack an adult human alone so they will shy away. But, little children and pets they have no trouble eating sort of like Raccoons. But, coyotes are very fast and capable of running 40 miles per hour for short distances. It is important to realize just how fast they can move when they need to, unlike raccoons which are not generally fast because their front legs are much shorter than their back legs. 

 

Coyotes you usually see alone and not in groups during the day. However, often they join together and howl at night. One of their favorite things to do around suburbia is to send their females in heat into suburban yards to coax male dogs to follow them and then the pack attacks and eats the male dog. This is why leaving your pets out at night can be fatal sometimes because of coyotes and raccoons here in North America.

Also, I have seen coyotes some places as big as German Shepherds with a similar attitude depending upon how rugged and well fed their line of coyotes are in the U.S.