Coyote
name: label: Discipline
content: Vertebrate Zoology
label: Region
content: US Northeast (NY, CT, RI, MA, VT, NH, ME)
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: This specimen is a Coyote. The Coyote is a canine native to North America and is smaller then the Gray Wolf. Originally limited to the American Southwest and Great Plains and northern and central Mexico, the extirpation of wolves and deforestation by humans has caused this species to flourish with populations now as far north as Alaska, as far east as New England, and as far south as the Panama Canal. Coyote males average 8-20 kg and females average 7-18 kg in weight depending on distribution. Females are typically shorter than males. In Native American folklore, the Coyote is a trickster spirit. This specimen has been identified as a female and was liekly collected from the New York area.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Jan 2024
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: North America, United States, New York
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Canis latrans
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO67975
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Tetrapoda, Mammalia, Eutheria, Carnivora, Caniformia, Canidae
physicalDescription: label: Sex
content: Female