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Coyote
Canis latrans
Carnivores · Least concern
vs
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Gray fox
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Carnivores · Least concern
3 clips name both of them
171 views between them.
Coyote outweighs Gray fox 2.6× — 11.1 kg against 4.2 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
11 kg
🐺 Coyote · COMBINE
4.22 kg
🐺 Gray fox · COMBINE
Shoulder height
0.52 m
🐺 Coyote
no figure yet
🐺 Gray fox
Body length
0.91 m
🐺 Coyote · COMBINE
0.67 m
🐺 Gray fox · COMBINE
Maximum lifespan
22 yr
🐺 Coyote · COMBINE
16 yr
🐺 Gray fox · COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
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Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Canidae (family), home to 211 species.
They last shared an ancestor about 9.2 million years ago.
Estimates range from 7.2 to 10 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).