Chupacabra! Sorry, but somebody was going to say it, it may as well be me!
Coyote, Wolf, Coywolf, or domestic dog/coyote hybrid (test your skills)
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Hahahaha...funny! But we aren't in Texas or Mexico, home of the nasty Chupacabre.
We're still waiting for the story!
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Hi, sorry it took so long to get back to this......
The game department deemed it a really pretty coyote...yep, just a coyote. I honestly think it is a Coydog, because I have never seen a coyote that looks like this around here EVER! The local coyotes are mostly gray, smaller, scrawny and very scrappy looking. This Canine is big, large bodied, robust, and a real beauty.
Thanks everyone for posting!
The biggest reason the game department was so interested in it is because they thought it could be a Coywolf. Our wolf population is really increasing with reports of hybrids as well.
The game department deemed it a really pretty coyote...yep, just a coyote. I honestly think it is a Coydog, because I have never seen a coyote that looks like this around here EVER! The local coyotes are mostly gray, smaller, scrawny and very scrappy looking. This Canine is big, large bodied, robust, and a real beauty.
Thanks everyone for posting!
The biggest reason the game department was so interested in it is because they thought it could be a Coywolf. Our wolf population is really increasing with reports of hybrids as well.
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I shoot coyotes but that is a real pretty one. Looks like it is half wolf!
I live in an area where wolves and coyotes commonly interbred. That is less common now with stable wolf packs established in much of the forested part of the state. I have shot and trapped documented coywolves (genetically tested at U of M). They do produce fertile offspring sometimes so various percentages of wolf, coyote and domestic dog DNA may be present in all 3 species.
I have to disagree with your game and fish department. Based on the scale reference points in the photo,the height and length of the animal are too great. It is in excess of 50 pounds, probably approaching 70. That is a coyote with significant wolf or domestic dog (husky or shepherd or another "wolfy" large breed) DNA in his veins. The posture is also wrong for a coyote. Too high in the hinds.
The only sure way to tell would be a DNA sample. See if you can collect some hair from a barb wire fence or bramble he's sneaking under.
I have to disagree with your game and fish department. Based on the scale reference points in the photo,the height and length of the animal are too great. It is in excess of 50 pounds, probably approaching 70. That is a coyote with significant wolf or domestic dog (husky or shepherd or another "wolfy" large breed) DNA in his veins. The posture is also wrong for a coyote. Too high in the hinds.
The only sure way to tell would be a DNA sample. See if you can collect some hair from a barb wire fence or bramble he's sneaking under.
Looks like a coywolf but.... They typically are interbred with red wolfs. There is a known presence here in NE. DNA testing has shown traits of both coyote and red wolf. Problem with it is they are not known west of the Mississippi. History of the interbreeding is the re population of the red wolf in SE Canada and have interbred with coyotes. Western coyotes are smaller than their Eastern cousins and no known crosses of coyotes and grey wolf have been verified. I did some heavy research on this topic about a year ago and consulted a PhD friend of mine in wildlife biology.
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