page_title: List of mammals of New England
section_title: Dogs, family Canidae
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of New England / Carnivores, order Carnivora / Dogs, family Canidae
caption_attribution_description: Canis latrans English: A coyote in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Suomi: Kojootti Yosemiten kansallispuistossa Kaliforniassa
context_page_description: There are 7 orders, 17 families, 40 genera, and 60 species represented among the mammals of New England. If extirpated, coastal, introduced, and accidental species are included these numbers increase to 8 orders, 26 families, 67 genera, and 105 species. The region includes the U.S. states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
  The makeup and distribution of the mammals in New England are largely the result of the Last Glacial Maximum when the Laurentide Ice Sheet covered virtually the entire region. Recolonization of the area appears to have occurred from one or a few southern glacial refugia. This is in contrast to the multiple glacial refugia present throughout the American West. As a consequence of both the recent uninhabitability and the few sources of recolonization, species diversity for some taxa in parts of New England are lower than in similar areas in other parts of North America. Chipmunks and ground squirrels are exemplars of this situation. New England has one species of each, but numerous locations west of the Rocky Mountains host several species.
  Habitat varies throughout the region.
context_section_description: Eastern coyote, Canis latrans
  Distribution: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
  Subspecies: Canis latrans thamnos according to Hall (1981). Wozencraft (2005) also recognizes C. l. thamnos as a valid subspecies. Whitaker and Hamilton (1998) recognize all New England Canis latrans as C. l. latrans.
  Gray wolf, Canis lupus (extirpated)
  Distribution (before extirpation): Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
  Subspecies (before extirpation): Canis lupus lycaon according to Hall (1981) and Whitaker and Hamilton (1998).
  Status: Federally endangered (Whitaker and Hamilton, 1998).
  Domestic dog, Canis familiaris (introduced)
  Distribution: Domestic dogs can become feral or semi-feral throughout New England.
  Red fox, Vulpes vulpes
  Distribution: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
  Subspecies: Vulpes vulpes rubricosa (northern Maine) and Vulpes vulpes fulva (southern Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island) according to Hall (1981). Whitaker and Hamilton (1998) do not recognize V. v. rubricosa as valid and recognize all New England Vulpes vulpes as V. v. fulva. Wozencraft (2005), however, does recognize V. v. rubricosa as a valid subspecies.
  Gray fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus
  Distribution: Southern Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, all but extreme southeastern Massachusetts, all but southeastern Connecticut, and northern Rhode Island.
  Subspecies: Urocyon cinereoargenteus borealis (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and central Massachusetts) and Urocyon cinereoargenteus cinereoargenteus (all but southeastern Connecticut, eastern Massachusetts, and northern Rhode Island) according to Hall (1981). Whitaker and Hamilton (1998) do not recognize U. c. borealis as valid and recognize all New England Urocyon cinereoargenteus as U. c. cinereoargenteus. Wozencraft (2005), however, does recognize U. c. borealis as a valid subspecies.
caption: Coyote
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