coyote
- Term Type
Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Preferred Term
coyote
- Details
Species of intelligent, adaptable New World canid that evolved in North America two million years ago alongside the extinct dire wolf. It is found throughout North and Central America, is smaller and more lightly built than the wolf, having a coat color varying from grayish brown to yellowish gray.
- Variations
Canis latrans
coyotes
prairie wolves
prairie wolf
barking-wolf
brush wolf