Coyote: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the coyote lives – recorded in 4 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Canis latrans
Group	Foxes, jackals & wild dogs
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	4 countries
Continents	North America
Mass	262 g (birth weight)
Diet (main food)	North American porcupine, raccoon, Olympic marmot, insect, cat, Didelphis virginiana, fish, Tamias minimus, pronghorn, food waste, bighorn sheep, carrion, European Mole, Odocoileus virginianus, dried fruit, mallard, Poponejo, Grey Partridge, Canada Goose, Wild Turkey, salmon, goat, Cynomys, frog, fruit, mule deer, Rattus, Soricidae, Eurasian Red Squirrel, Crotalus, beaver, antelope jackrabbit, Greater Roadrunner, Lepus californicus, sheep, Geomyidae, chicken, mushroom, Mephitidae, Arvicolinae, gopher tortoise, egg as food
Class	Mammal
Order	Carnivora
Family	Canidae

Where does the coyote live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the coyote in 4 countries and territories across North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a coyote?

Wikidata records the following for the coyote: mass 262 g (birth weight).

What does a coyote eat?

Wikidata lists the main food source of the coyote as: North American porcupine, raccoon, Olympic marmot, insect, cat, Didelphis virginiana, fish, Tamias minimus, pronghorn, food waste, bighorn sheep, carrion, European Mole, Odocoileus virginianus, dried fruit, mallard, Poponejo, Grey Partridge, Canada Goose, Wild Turkey, salmon, goat, Cynomys, frog, fruit, mule deer, Rattus, Soricidae, Eurasian Red Squirrel, Crotalus, beaver, antelope jackrabbit, Greater Roadrunner, Lepus californicus, sheep, Geomyidae, chicken, mushroom, Mephitidae, Arvicolinae, gopher tortoise, egg as food.

Is the coyote endangered?

The coyote’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the coyote?

The coyote (Canis latrans) is a mammal in the order Carnivora and the family Canidae, genus Canis. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the coyote

The coyote (/kaɪ(j)oʊt(i)/, KY-(y)oh-t(ee)) (Canis latrans) is a species of canine also known as the American jackal, prairie wolf, and brush wolf. It is native to North America, and it is smaller than its close relative, the gray wolf, and slightly smaller than the closely related eastern wolf and red wolf. It fills much of the same ecological niche as the golden jackal does in Eurasia, but the coyote is generally larger.

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.

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Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Coyote (revision 1380660860), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q44299 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).