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Known As Coywolves, These Creatures Are Hybrids Of Coyotes And Wolves, And Over The Past Century, They Have Slowly Taken Over Much Of Eastern North America
The hybrid’s scientific name is Canis ... The coywolf’s genetic makeup consists of the eastern wolf, western wolf, western coyote, and large breeds of domesticated dogs, such as Doberman ...
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Another Wild Wolf Killed in New York, Radio-Isotope Test Confirms
coyote hunters and trappers may accidentally kill a wolf. “For far too long state agencies in the Northeast have undervalued the hybrid status of the eastern coyote or coywolf,” said Jonathan Way, ...
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Giant coyote killed in southern Michigan turns out to be a gray wolf — despite the species vanishing from region 100 years ago
and double the average weight of an eastern coyote — a hybrid species with both coyote and wolf parentage that colonized areas of North America after the extirpation of wolves in the early 20th ...
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Coyote hybrid is taking over the Northeast
Eastern coyotes, also known as coywolves, have been spotted in cities across the northeastern United States. People may not realize that this isn't your typical coyote; in fact, it's a new species ...
Here's what the DNR report on the wolf killed in Calhoun County says
The DNR still doesn't know how the wolf ended up in Calhoun County. Through the DNR case report, photos and interview of the ...
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Wolf Species Are Part Coyote
Gray wolves, pushed to near extinction in the 1960s, have roamed North America alongside two other wolf species—the red wolf in the southeastern U.S. and the Eastern wolf in the ... with varying ...