### animal | vertebrate | mammal | wolf | coyote:

Coydog
* are even more liable to attack farm and domestic animals than are coyotes
  - extremely fast and agile and can make good hunters
  - the offspring of a male coyote and a female domestic dog
  - very rare mainly because of the limited breeding season of the coyotes
* usually have very piercing eyes.
* vary in appearance, depending upon which dogs they have been bred with.

Eastern coyote
* Most eastern coyotes attain weight.
* Most eastern coyotes have legs
  - long legs
  - weigh pounds
* are generally larger in size than their western counterparts.
* attain body weight
* eat a diverse number of plants, animals and insects.

Urban coyote
* Most urban coyotes live in packs.
* Some urban coyotes eat garbage
  - kill children
* devour rats.
* hunt in packs.

Dire wolf
* Dire wolves are for all intents and purposes an ancestor of the more typical wolf
  - have large teeth to bite their preys
* Some dire wolves emerge from different locations.
* Some dire wolves show brain cavities

Ethiopian wolf
* Ethiopian wolves are found only in the highlands of Ethiopia
  - have legs
  - kill prey
* Ethiopian wolves reach maturity
  - sexual maturity
* Many Ethiopian wolves live within Ethiopia's Bale Mountains.
* Most ethiopian wolves have legs
* Most ethiopian wolves reach maturity

Female wolf
* Female wolves are faster than their male peers and, when they are young, are better hunters
  - slightly smaller than the males
  - can be competitive at breeding time, which can lead to disputes
* Many female wolves become stragglers between the territories of other packs.

### animal | vertebrate | mammal | wolf:

Gray wolf
* Gray wolves appear quite similar to large German shepherd dogs.
* Gray wolves are abundant and wolverines are relatively common
  - also abundant
  - carnivores
  - common, however, in Alaska and parts of Canada
  - endangered meat-eaters from the North America
  - many different colors
  - one of the most wide ranging land animals
  - powerful animals designed for chasing large prey
  - social animals
* Gray wolves are the largest members of the canine family
  - wild dog species in the world
  - top-level predators that have few competitors on the landscape they inhabit
  - very social, pack-living animals
* Gray wolves can be a grayish black, grayish white,or a grayish brown color
  - gray, white, black or silvery
  - range in color from white to black
  - come in different sizes
  - communicate to each other through howling, body language and scent
* Gray wolves communicate with each other easily
  - with growls, howls, barks and scent marking
  - compete for prey
  - do, however, follow moose and caribous' elevational movements within pack territories
* Gray wolves eat animals
  - different animals
  - mammals
  - many different animals
  - prairie dogs
  - rabbits
* Gray wolves have a shared ancestry with domestic dogs, coyotes, and wild dogs such as dingoes
  - large paws
  - hunt prey
* Gray wolves live in a lot of different places around the world
  - forests, mountains and arctic tundra
  - together in a family group called a pack
  - make their homes in heavy timber forests near water
  - occupy many types of habitats including forests, plains, and mountains
  - range in color from grizzled gray or black to all-white
* Gray wolves reach maturity
  - sexual maturity
  - roam through the wilderness hunting animals such as reindeer, elk, and hares
  - show DNA patterns that are different from domestic dogs and coyotes and wolf-hybrids
  - stay mostly in the forests and woodlands of North America, Europe, and Asia
* Most gray wolves compete for prey.
* Most gray wolves eat animals
* Most gray wolves have large paws
* Most gray wolves reach maturity
* Some gray wolves have senses.
* Some gray wolves kill goats
  - mountain goats
* Some gray wolves play roles
  - vital roles
* are mammals.