Coyote Portrait - Sonoran Desert - Arizona

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The coyote (Canis latrans) is a canid native to North America. It is a smaller, more basal animal than its close relative, the gray wolf. The ancestors of the coyote diverged from those of the gray wolf, 1–2 million years ago, with the modern species arising in North America during the Middle Pleistocene. The coyote is a prominent character in Native American folklore, usually depicted as a trickster who alternately assumes the form of an actual coyote or a man.

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Photo credit: © Phil Degginger / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: adaptability, arizona, canidae, canine, canis, coyote, desert, family, feeders, hunt, hunting, intelligence, latrans, omnivorous, opportunistic, predator, prowl, prowling, resourcefulness, sonoran, vocalization