. Popular official guide to the New York Zoological Park . Zoos; Zoo animals. 82 POPULAR OFFICIAL TASMANIAN WOLF. disable almost any dog, and send it howling to the rear. It is no wonder that western dogs of experience are shy of approaching a Gray Wolf within snapping distance. Excepting the localities from which it has been driven ,out by civilization, the Gray Wolf ranges over the whole North American continent from central Mexico to 83° 24' N. The Coyote, or Prairie Wolf, (Canis latrans), is a personal acquaintance of nearly every trans-continental traveler. To those who have campe
. Popular official guide to the New York Zoological Park . Zoos; Zoo animals. 82 POPULAR OFFICIAL TASMANIAN WOLF. disable almost any dog, and send it howling to the rear. It is no wonder that western dogs of experience are shy of approaching a Gray Wolf within snapping distance. Excepting the localities from which it has been driven ,out by civilization, the Gray Wolf ranges over the whole North American continent from central Mexico to 83° 24' N. The Coyote, or Prairie Wolf, (Canis latrans), is a personal acquaintance of nearly every trans-continental traveler. To those who have camped on the "plains," he is quite like an old friend; and the high-pitched, staccato cry—half howl and half bark—with which he announces the dawn, is asso- ciated with memories of vast stretches of open country, magnificent distances, sage-brush and freedom. Because of his fondness of barking, Thomas Say, the naturalist who first described this species, christened it, Caiiis latrans, which means "barking ; This animal averages about one-third smaller than the gray wolf, and while the finest male specimens are, in the autumn, really handsome animals, at other times the major- ity are of very ordinary appearance. At no time, however, even in the dark, is a Coyote a courageous animal. So far as man is concerned, a band of a thousand coyotes would be as easily put to flight as one ; but in hanging upon the ragged edges of civilization, and living by its wits, the Coyote is audacity itself. By inheritance, and also by personal ex- perience this animal knows to a rod how far it is safe to trust a man with a gun. If the hunter has left his gun. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937; New York Zoological Society. New York : New York Zoological S
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