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SPECIES Canis latrans
| Author: | Say, 1823. | | Citation: | InJames, Account Exped. Pittsburgh to Rocky Mtns, 1: 168. | | Common Name: | Coyote | | Type Locality: | "Engineer cantonment" reported at "latitude 41°25'N, and longitude...95°47'30'W" (p. XVIII, vol. 2). Reported in Honacki et al. (1982) as "U.S.A., Nebraska, Washington Co., Engineer Cantonment, about 12 mi. (19.2 km) S. E. Blair". | | Distribution: | Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, USA. Introduced to Florida and Georgia and currently widespread throughout Northern and Central America (Beckoff, 1977, 1999). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Revised by Young (1951) and reviewed by Beckoff (1977). Synonyms allocated according to Beckoff (1977) and Hall (1981). |
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