Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History

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Police speculated that a coyote was responsible for the 2010 death of Arizona rancher Robert Krentz. The death induced great pressure on Arizona's state government and is thought to have contributed to the passage of Arizona SB1070 on April 19, 2010. [21] [22] In a zoological setting, these canines require care that is similar to domestic dogs and wolves. They should have plenty of space to roam, and lots of opportunity to socialize. At the time of the European colonization of the Americas, coyotes were largely confined to open plains and arid regions of the western half of the continent. [16] In early post-Columbian historical records, determining whether the writer is describing coyotes or wolves is often difficult. One record from 1750 in Kaskaskia, Illinois, written by a local priest, noted that the "wolves" encountered there were smaller and less daring than European wolves. Another account from the early 1800's in Edwards County mentioned wolves howling at night, though these were likely coyotes. [17] This species was encountered several times during the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806), though it was already well known to European traders on the upper Missouri. Meriwether Lewis, writing on 5May 1805, in northeastern Montana, described the coyote in these terms: One morning Coyote was going along and spotted a handsome young warrior who told Coyote he was embarking on a journey of war against his enemies. Although Coyote was actually a peaceful sort who thought war and battles to the death were very bad ideas, he told his new companion that he was a famous warrior and would be indispensable on the quest.

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In the Maidu creation story, Coyote introduces work, suffering, and death to the world. Zuni lore has Coyote bringing winter into the world by stealing light from the kachinas. The Chinook, Maidu, Pawnee, Tohono O'odham, and Ute portray the coyote as the companion of The Creator. A Tohono O'odham flood story has Coyote helping Montezuma survive a global deluge that destroys humanity. After The Creator creates humanity, Coyote and Montezuma teach people how to live. The Crow creation story portrays Old Man Coyote as The Creator. In The Dineh creation story, Coyote was present in the First World with First Man and First Woman, though a different version has it being created in the Fourth World. The Navajo Coyote brings death into the world, explaining that without death, too many people would exist, thus no room to plant corn. [176] A mural from Atetelco, Teotihuacán depicting coyote warriors Coyotes are also prominent figures among tribes like Pawnee, Maidu, Chinook, O’odham, Tohono, Paiute, and Ute. These tribes portray coyotes as the companion of the creator. 18. Coyotes are attracted to chemicals The coyote is listed as least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, due to its wide distribution and abundance throughout North America. The species is versatile, able to adapt to and expand into environments modified by humans; urban coyotes are common in many cities. The coyote was sighted in eastern Panama (across the Panama Canal from their home range) for the first time in 2013. Coyotes can certainly swim. The amazing swimming skills of coyotes have resulted in them easily moving around to other islands and were, therefore, able to populate many islands. So, their swimming skills have allowed coyotes to colonize islands. 8. Coyote rare populationThe Western religious traditions of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity sprang from later periods of human history following the domestication of plants and animals, which anthropologists call the Neolithic Revolution. Early Neolithic religions could feature animals—particularly the sacred bull—as deities. But over time, herding and agricultural cultures gradually replaced animal gods (along with gods of special places in the landscape, another feature of animism) with deities that assumed human form. The Greek gods, so foundational in Western cultures, are classic examples of this evolution. The Greeks replaced animal and plant deities with anthropomorphized gods and goddesses 4,000 years ago: Artemis became a “mistress of the animals” as goddess of the hunt, and Demeter evolved into a human-form goddess of wheat and crops. Coyote himself, it turns out, made at least a partial transmogrification toward human form.

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A small subspecies with medium-sized ears, a small skull and small teeth; its fur is richly and brightly colored. The fulvous tints are exceedingly bright, and cover the hindfeet and forefeet. [62] Although Coyotes are completely different species from gray wolves, they do exhibit behaviors that are closely related to gray wolves. Especially when giving birth and raising pups. Like wolves, coyotes give birth in dens. 5. Coyotes breeding with other animalsPest Control – Though humans view these canines as pests, they are actually quite effective at dispatching pests in urban areas. Some of their favorite foods in urban areas are rats and mice. They are also known to eat snakes, insects, squirrels, and other small mammals. Southern Sonora, extreme southwestern Chihuahua, western Durango, western Zacatecas, and Sinaloa [63] a b c Kays, R. (2020) [errata version of 2018 assessment]. " Canis latrans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T3745A163508579. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T3745A163508579.en . Retrieved November 11, 2021.

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Coyote densities in different geographic areas and seasons vary from 0.01–0.09 coyotes/km² in the winter in the Yukon (O'Donoghue et al. 1997) to 0.9/km² in the fall and 2.3/km² during the summer (post-whelping) in Texas (Knowlton 1972; Andelt 1985). Density in different geographic areas and seasons are listed in Gese and Bekoff (2004). Habitat and Ecology Information Coyote pups are born in dens, hollow trees, or under ledges, and weigh 200 to 500g (0.44 to 1.10lb) at birth. They are altricial, and are completely dependent on milk for their first 10 days. The incisors erupt at about 12 days, the canines at 16, and the second premolars at 21. Their eyes open after 10 days, by which point the pups become increasingly more mobile, walking by 20 days, and running at the age of six weeks. The parents begin supplementing the pup's diet with regurgitated solid food after 12–15 days. By the age of four to six weeks, when their milk teeth are fully functional, the pups are given small food items such as mice, rabbits, or pieces of ungulate carcasses, with lactation steadily decreasing after two months. [23] Coyotes move silently by walking on the tip of their toes when they sense predators or any other potential danger. This makes them far less traceable by predators. They’re also extremely alert, with a great sense of smell, radar-like ears able to detect the slightest sounds, as well as good eyesight. Boreal forests of Alaska, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, northern British Columbia, and northern Alberta [63]These canines can be found throughout Alaska, Canada, North America, and Central America. They have an extremely wide range, and have thrived since the removal of wolves from most areas. Within their range, 19 different subspecies have been identified based on geographical region. Diet of the Coyote In 2016, a whole-genome DNA study proposed, based on the assumptions made, that all of the North American wolves and coyotes diverged from a common ancestor about 51,000years ago. [54] [55] However, the proposed timing of the wolf / coyote divergence conflicts with the discovery of a coyote-like specimen in strata dated to 1Mya. [56] The study also indicated that all North American wolves have a significant amount of coyote ancestry and all coyotes some degree of wolf ancestry, and that the red wolf and eastern wolf are highly admixed with different proportions of gray wolf and coyote ancestry. [54] [55]