<Li> Canis vigilis Merriam, 1897 </Li> <Li> Lyciscus cagottis Hamilton - Smith, 1839 </Li> <P> The coyote (US: / kaɪˈoʊti, ˈkaɪoʊt /; Canis latrans; from Nahuatl pronunciation (help info)) is a canid native to North America . It is smaller than its close relative, the gray wolf, and slightly smaller than its other close relatives, the eastern wolf and the red wolf . It fills much of the same ecological niche as the golden jackal does in Eurasia, though it is larger and more predatory . It is listed as least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature due to its wide distribution and abundance throughout North America, southwards through Mexico, and into Central America . The species is versatile and able to adapt to environments modified by humans . As human activity has altered the landscape, the coyote's range has expanded . In 2013, coyotes were sighted in eastern Panama (across the Panama Canal from their home range) for the first time . The coyote is more closely related to the common ancestor of wolves and other canids (more "basal") than the gray wolf . As of 2005, 19 coyote subspecies are recognized . </P> <P> The average male coyote weighs 8 to 20 kg (18 to 44 lb) and the average female 7 to 18 kg (15 to 40 lb). Their fur color is predominantly light gray and red or fulvous interspersed with black and white, though it varies somewhat with geography . It is highly flexible in social organization, living either in a family unit or in loosely knit packs of unrelated individuals . It has a varied diet consisting primarily of animal meat, including deer, rabbits, hares, rodents, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates, though it may also eat fruits and vegetables on occasion . The coyote's characteristic vocalization is a howl made by solitary individuals . Humans aside, cougars and gray wolves are the coyote's only serious enemies . Nevertheless, coyotes do sometimes mate with gray, eastern, or red wolves, producing hybrids colloquially called "coywolves". In northeastern United States and eastern Canada, a larger species of coyote (although still smaller than the three types of wolves), called the eastern coyote is the result on various historical and recent mating of the various types of wolves and coyotes . Most recent studies show that most wolves contain some level of coyote DNA . </P>

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