An East Coast Coywolf(combination breed of wolf and coyote) might attack an adult human but usually a healthy coyote will not attack any adult human being unless they look really sick and vulnerable. The same is true of a raccoon unless it is a really big macho male and then you have to be careful, especially if you are a female human with small pets at night out walking in a forested area with culverts where raccoons might live.
Coyotes live here where I live on the West Coast too but we don't have coywolves here because the average population density on the west coast is much lower than east of the Mississippi River in general. So, the coywolf is an adaptation breed that can better be around people because coyotes are more sneaky and stealthy than a wolf. A wolf tends to be a little more up front about whatever it does sort of like a bear. So, when a coyote breeds with a wolf it is much more likely it would attack a human adult than a coyote. This is why the case of the coyote attacking a woman and her child sounds a lot like Rabies more than anything else. Also, they aren't sure they got the right coyote when they shot it either. So, until the human results come back they won't know for sure.
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