Talk:Coyote
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Grey wolf subspecies?
[edit]Given that grey wolves and coyotes only spit around 50000 years ago, and according to some studies, North American grey wolves are more related to coyotes than they are to Eurasian grey wolves, should the coyote just be considered a subspecies of grey wolf? 2001:1970:4885:CC00:0:0:0:F1E0 (talk) 01:39, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
Relationship with the American badger
[edit]Should there be a subcategory for the coyote's relationship with the American badger given the frequent relationship between the two animals when hunting prey? Traptor12 (talk) 23:39, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
Pronunciation
[edit]Coyote is spelled the same in English and Spanish. It is derived from Nahuatl (Aztec). My question is why is the first syllable in English pronounced "Ki" and not "Co" as in the Spanish. Is "Co" frequently pronounced "Ki" in English? -- GreenC 04:08, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
Earliest written reference
[edit]I removed this sentence (which does not have a citation):
- The earliest written reference to the species comes from the naturalist Francisco Hernández's Plantas y Animales de la Nueva España (1651), where it is described as a "Spanish fox" or "jackal".
Coyotes are described a century earlier in the Florentine Codex (see [1]), and possibly earlier than that. Jcitawy (talk) 10:22, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
No coyotes on Vancouver Island
[edit]All of the range maps have Vancouver Island as part of the range of coyotes. There are no coyotes on Vancouver Island.
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/sports-recreation-arts-and-culture/outdoor-recreation/fishing-and-hunting/hunting/trapping/coyote.pdf 2001:569:519E:EF00:F16F:72C4:E01D:9FF4 (talk) 00:26, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- There are however coyote on Newfoundland and this isn't shown on the range map. https://www.gov.nl.ca/ffa/wildlife/all-species/coyotes/ 142.162.251.15 (talk) 23:32, 13 August 2024 (UTC)
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