. Popular official guide to the New York Zoological Park. New York Zoological Park. 100 POPULAR OFFICIAL COYOTE: PRAIRIE WOLF. an old friend; and the high-pitched, staccato cry—half howl and half bark—with which he announces the dawn, is associated with memories of vast stretches of open coun- try, magnificent distances, sage-brush and freedom. Be- cause of his fondness of barking, Thomas Say, the natural- ist who first described this species, christened it, Canis latrans, which means "barking ; This animal averages about one-third smaller than the gray wolf, and while t
. Popular official guide to the New York Zoological Park. New York Zoological Park. 100 POPULAR OFFICIAL COYOTE: PRAIRIE WOLF. an old friend; and the high-pitched, staccato cry—half howl and half bark—with which he announces the dawn, is associated with memories of vast stretches of open coun- try, magnificent distances, sage-brush and freedom. Be- cause of his fondness of barking, Thomas Say, the natural- ist who first described this species, christened it, Canis 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 per- sonal experience, 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 behind him, the Coyote knows it at once, and boldly flaunts himself within stone's throw of his enemy. The Coyote varies in color quite markedly, exhibiting the gray, brown and black phases. Formerly it was supposed that one species comprehended all, but Dr. Merriam's series of specimens from all parts of the West and Southwest have led him to separate these animals into eleven 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 New York Zoological Park; Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937; New York Zoological Society. New York, New York Zoological Society
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