'Coywolves' in New England

[D'Angelo N Va.]

I don't know much about coy-wolves, but I had 2 wolf hybrids one time..one was timber wolf and malamute, the other was red wolf and malamute. both of mine were males. A friend of mine had the sister to my timberwolf/malamute and hers had puppies. wouldn't that be a hybrid also...so they can re produce.

 

[redhen]

I'm not sure if they are really mixed with wolves or not..but i know that they do NOT look like the scrawny, small coyotes i see many people post pics of here..
these look almost wolf like... or maybe they are mixed with huskys? I dont know.... but they are big and have a different coat and color than the ones i see posted here all the time... unless you have actually seen them, you cant speak a word about it. Sorry, folks.

 

[shay20]

Ummm do they sound like dogs?

Last week i notice along our trail dog prints in the snow, but we dont usally see any dogs running loose around.
and last night huibby was sitting outside at the fire and herd dogs comeing from that way, and the back neighbors dogs we dont here them at all, they are always inside.
see he turned the main light on near the coops just incase.

 

[taraann81]

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I understand where you are coming from, but many hybrids are NOT sterile. In actuality, the red or black 'sex-link' chicken is a hybrid, combining two breeds that create the ability to determine sex by looking at day old chicks. These chickens can breed naturally. Other, more exotic 'hybrids' like lion/tiger crosses result in the males often being sterile, but the females are fertile.

In dogs, crossbreeding often results in what is commonly referred to as 'hybrid vigor.'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterosis#Hybrid_corn

http://www.hemmy.net/2006/06/19/top-10-hybrid-animals/

Amazing what you find with a little googling ! Gotta love the internet.

Crossing different breeds of dogs does not create a true "Hybrid". All dogs are the same species just different breeds. But I do agree some true hybrids(specie crosses not breed) can be fertile but that is the exception not the rule.


Our Coyotes here are huge, easily in the 80lb range. Our coyotes are wolf/coyote hybrids, that were developed when we started to eradicate the wolves, when their was only a few wolves left they started to breed with coyotes. When their is a healthy sustainable wolf population coyote-wolf hybridizaton is basically unheard of.

We no longer have wolves around here but we certainly have large beefy coyote.

 

[shay20]

can they sound like a regular dog?

 

[redhen]

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yes..sort of... and they kinda yip... its hard to explain...
but they do bark too...

 

[shay20]

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yes..sort of... and they kinda yip... its hard to explain...
but they do bark too...

Oh cr*p,

 

[dacjohns]

Deja vu.


The Eastern Coyote has wolf DNA, has more variability in coloration than the Western Coyote, has a larger head and jaw than the Western, behaves more like a wolf than the Western.

I know this isn't a scientific journal but it shouldn't be quickly discounted.

http://outside.away.com/outside/culture/201003/coyote-attacks-1.html

There is also an article in the February 2010 Outdoor Life. I can't find on the Outdoor Life website though.