#0200 · 🦊 mammals

Coyote

Canis latrans

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The coyote ( Canis latrans ); from Nahuatl pronunciation (help·info)) is a canine native to North America. It is smaller than its close relative, the gray wolf, and slightly smaller than the closely related eastern wolf and red wolf. It fills much of the same ecological niche as the golden jackal does in Eurasia, though it is larger and more predatory, and is sometimes called the American jackal by zoologists.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 163,077iNaturalist observations
weight 260 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
163,077 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 260 g.
Scientifically named by Thomas Say in 1822 (204 years ago).