🐺Coyote
The coyote is a species of canine also known as the American jackal, prairie wolf, and brush wolf. It is native to North America, and 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 but the coyote is generally larger.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.
- Body mass
- 11 kg
- Body length
- 0.91 m
- Shoulder height
- 0.52 m
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 22 years
Everything we know about the Coyote
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass11 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
Figures vary
- 13 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.91 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
Shoulder height0.52 m0.46–0.58 m · typical rangeat the shoulderDetails ↓Hide ↑
"Height at the shoulder on average ranges from 18-23 inches and from nose to tip of tail they may be 4 feet or more." 18-23 in = 0.457-0.584 m, value is the midpoint. Agency figures vary: NPS Grand Canyon gives "Shoulder height from 16-20 in (40-50 cm)". Bekoff 1977 (Mammalian Species 79) gives no shoulder height.
Source: US National Park Service, Jewel Cave National Monument: Coyote (Canis latrans), https://www.nps.gov/jeca/learn/nature/coyote-canis-latrans.htm · see citation
Brain mass92 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
Maximum lifespan22 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 22 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length7.03 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.0 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation62 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 63 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 6COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 6AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range19 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.04 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l11 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Coyote yet: top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyCanidae
- ›genusCanis
- ›speciesCanis latrans
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyCanidae
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyCanidae
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