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Coyotes By: Summer E.
Features The coyote is a part of the wild dog family. In the wild dog family there is also the fox and the wolf. The coyote has a bushy tail, long legs, sharp teeth, and large ears. Coyotes are about 4 feet long from the tip of the nose to the tip of the tail and 20-24 inches tall up to their shoulders. Adult coyotes weigh about 20-50 pounds. Male coyotes are a little larger than females.
Range Coyotes live all over the USA and in some part of Canada. They live in deserts and on plains. Sometimes they live near people. Coyotes make their burrow where the dirt is soft or sandy. Sometime they find abandoned burrows. The burrow is about 5-30 feet long. Their burrow is usually for their pups which come in litters of about six pups.
Diet • Coyotes eat small animals, insects, fruit, garbage, and dead animals. They sometimes eat domestic cats and small dogs.
Communication • Coyotes communicate more than any other wild dog. To communicate they woof, growl, huff, bark, yelp, howl, and sing. They sing to communicate with other families. They howl to talk over long distances. To welcome new dogs to the pack they woof.
Packs • Coyotes sometime travel in packs. When they do they share things like jobs and food. When in a pack, only the alpha pair mates. Coyotes live outside the pack when food is low.
Fascinating Facts • Coyotes have very good hearing. They can hear a hunter a mile away. They can hear there prey under the snow. • Coyotes can run up to 40 mph. • They walk on their toes to not get detected by predators. • Coyotes are the most adaptive wild dog in North America.
