🐺
Coyote
Canis latrans
Carnivores · Least concern
vs
🐺
Grey wolf
Canis lupus
Carnivores · Least concern
6 clips name both of them
3.6 million views between them.
Grey wolf outweighs Coyote 2.6× — 29.2 kg against 11.1 kg.
To scale
Grid at 50 cm
50 cm
1 m
1.5 m
2 m
Silhouettes: PhyloPic (CC0).
Coyote
0.52 m
at the shoulder
Human
1.70 m
full standing height
for scale
Grey wolf
0.73 m
at the shoulder · measured lying down
Tale of the tape
Body mass
11 kg
🐺 Coyote · COMBINE
29 kg
🐺 Grey wolf · COMBINE
Shoulder height
0.52 m
🐺 Coyote
0.73 m
🐺 Grey wolf
Body length
0.91 m
🐺 Coyote · COMBINE
1.27 m
🐺 Grey wolf · COMBINE
Top speed
no figure yet
🐺 Coyote
62 km/h
🐺 Grey wolf
Bite force
no figure yet
🐺 Coyote
593 N
🐺 Grey wolf
Maximum lifespan
22 yr
🐺 Coyote · COMBINE
29 yr
🐺 Grey wolf · COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures. Bite force figures come from individual studies and vary a lot between sources.
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Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Canidae (family), home to 211 species.
They last shared an ancestor about 1.5 million years ago.
Estimates range from 1.0 to 2.0 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).