coywolf
Sign in to saveAlso known as Canis latrans × Canis lupus, woyote
thumb|Captive-bred F1 hybrid|F1 gray wolf × coyote hybrids, Wildlife Science Center in [[Forest Lake, Minnesota]]
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- canid hybrid
- Parent taxon
- Canis
- Image
- Captivecoywolfhybrid.jpg
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- taxon name
- Canis latrans var.
- taxon rank
- species
- hybrid of
- Canis lupus
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Description
- Varieties
- Eastern coyotes
- Red wolves and eastern wolves
- Mexican wolf × coyote hybrids
- Northwestern wolf × coyote hybrid experiment
- Coydogs
- Galveston Island coyote
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Captive-bred F1 hybrid|F1 gray wolf × coyote hybrids, Wildlife Science Center in [[Forest Lake, Minnesota]]
A coywolf is a canid hybrid descended from coyotes (Canis latrans), eastern wolves (Canis lycaon), gray wolves (Canis lupus), and dogs (Canis familiaris). All of these species are members of the genus Canis with 78 chromosomes; therefore, the species can interbreed. One genetic study indicates that these species genetically diverged relatively recently (around 55,000–117,000 years ago). Genomic studies indicate that nearly all North American gray wolf populations possess some degree of admixture with coyotes following a geographic cline, with the lowest levels occurring in Alaska, and the highest in Ontario and Quebec, as well as Atlantic Canada. Another term for these hybrids is sometimes wolfote.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “coywolf” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.