Often follows roads, trails fence lines, paths. Home ranges of males overlapped considerably, but those of females did not. Movements varied according to season. In California, mates from January to March. Gestation is about 63 days.
Pairs tend to remain together for yrs.
Coyotes are adaptable predators, found in most open habitats. They are tolerant of human activities, and adapt and adjust rapidly to perturbations and changes in their environment. They remain common to abundant throughout much of the state. Golden eagles, great horned owls, and mountain lions occasionally may kill coyotes. Coyotes host various ectoparasites and endoparasites, and occasionally may carry rabies.