Canis latrans Say 1823

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Canis latrans Say 1823

Canis latrans Say 1823 , in: James, Account Exped. Pittsburgh to Rocky Mtns, Vol. 1: 168.

Type Locality: "Engineer cantonment" reported at "latitude 41°25'N, and longitude...95°47'30'W" (p. XVIII, vol. 2). Reported in Honacki et al. (1982) as " U.S.A., Nebraska, Washington Co., Engineer Cantonment, about 12 mi. (19.2 km) S. E. Blair".

Vernacular Names: Coyote.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. latrans Say 1823

Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. cagottis C. E. H. Smith 1839

Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. clepticus Elliot 1903

Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. dickeyi Nelson 1932

Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. frustror Woodhouse 1851

Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. goldmani Merriam 1904

Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. hondurensis Goldman 1936

Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. impavidus J. A. Allen 1903

Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. incolatus Hall 1934

Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. jamesi Townsend 1912

Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. lestes Merriam 1897

Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. mearnsi Merriam 1897

Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. microdon Merriam 1897

Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. ochropus Eschscholtz 1829

Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. peninsulae Merriam 1897

Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. texensis Bailey 1905

Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. thamnos Jackson 1949

Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. umpquensis Jackson 1949

Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. vigilis Merriam 1897

Distribution: Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, USA. Introduced to Florida and Georgia and currently widespread throughout Northern and Central America ( Beckoff, 1977, 1999).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Revised by Young (1951) and reviewed by Beckoff (1977). Synonyms allocated according to Beckoff (1977) and Hall (1981).