Canis latrans

Say in James, 1823

Coyote

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Canoidea
Family : Canidae
Genus : Canis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

James, E. 1823. Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819 and '20, by order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Sec'y of War: under the Command of Major Stephen H. Long. Vol. I. H. C. Carey and I. Lea, Philadelphia, 503 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40216592

Original name as described

Canis latrans

Other common names

Brush Wolf · Prairie Wolf

Type locality

Nebraska, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Canada · United States · Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · Honduras · El Salvador · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama

Subregion distribution

USA(AL,AK,AZ,AR,CA,CO,CT,DE,DC,FL,GA,ID,IL,IN,IA,KS,KY,LA,ME,MD,MA,MI,MN,MS,MO,MT,NE,NV,NH,NJ,NM,NY,NC,ND,OH,OK,OR,PA,RI,SC,SD,TN,TX,UT,VT,VA,WA,WV,WI,WY)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005941

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Canis caneloensis

Skinner, 1942

Family

Canidae

Root name

caneloensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH F:AM 42800

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

163

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Canis impavidus

J. A. Allen, 1903

Family

Canidae

Root name

impavidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-21266

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-21266

Authority page

609

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Canis clepticus

D. G. Elliot, 1903

Family

Canidae

Root name

clepticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:10919

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=e84a0062-ccbe-4e6d-9fb1-8e5551ab99b9

Authority page

225

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6712418

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Canis chlorops

Rafinesque, 1817

Family

Canidae

Root name

chlorops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

436

Authority page URI

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106435274&seq=438

Authority publication

American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review

Canis latrans dickeyi

E. W. Nelson, 1932

Family

Canidae

Root name

dickeyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:132043, UCLA Mammals 12260 (= Dickey collection 12260)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ucla/mammals?id=urn-catalog-ucla-mammals-12260 https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:132043

Authority page

224

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35459478

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Canis latrans incolatus

E. R. Hall, 1934

Family

Canidae

Root name

incolatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:43898

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:43898

Authority page

369

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Canis latrans harriscrooki

Slaughter, 1961

Family

Canidae

Root name

harriscrooki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMU 60315

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

505

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Canis orcutti

J. C. Merriam, 1910

Family

Canidae

Root name

orcutti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UCMP:V:10842

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://ucmpdb.berkeley.edu/cgi/ucmp_query2?spec_id=V10842&one=T

Authority page

391

Authority publication

University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology

Canis andersoni

J. C. Merriam, 1910

Family

Canidae

Root name

andersoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UCMP:V:12249

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://ucmpdb.berkeley.edu/cgi/ucmp_query2?spec_id=V12249&one=T

Authority page

393

Authority publication

University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology

Canis irvingtonensis

D. E. Savage, 1951

Family

Canidae

Root name

irvingtonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UCMP:V:38805

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://ucmpdb.berkeley.edu/cgi/ucmp_query2?spec_id=V38805&one=T

Authority page

231

Authority publication

University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences

Canis nebracensis texensis

V. O. Bailey, 1905

Family

Canidae

Root name

texensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:116277

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3df93f182-ee47-4f4e-90b1-851e918b5f78

Authority page

175

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801836

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Canis goldmani

C. H. Merriam, 1904

Family

Canidae

Root name

goldmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:133204

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d4e96b79-2344-4c40-90ba-623982a07d54

Authority page

157

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3329480

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Canis jamesi

C. H. Townsend, 1912

Family

Canidae

Root name

jamesi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:198402

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3438f32ab-ed90-4bc3-948c-19e7ba83d49d

Authority page

130

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26898960

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Canis latrans umpquensis

H. H. T. Jackson, 1949

Family

Canidae

Root name

umpquensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:216537

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/331403cad-a4a1-4080-ad45-ee449f55dcbb

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35878705

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Canis latrans thamnos

H. H. T. Jackson, 1949

Family

Canidae

Root name

thamnos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:233034

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31bb868f1-50e2-43bb-8ace-47000001a500

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35878705

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Canis lestes

C. H. Merriam, 1897

Family

Canidae

Root name

lestes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:24552 (= USNM:MAMM:A32347)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e6e4228c-311b-4d07-ba43-4ba5a59c8e2a

Authority page

25

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263272

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Canis hondurensis

E. A. Goldman, 1936

Family

Canidae

Root name

hondurensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:251447

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35bd6c61b-a06b-435d-a58b-642715c922fd

Authority page

33

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39872216

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Canis microdon

C. H. Merriam, 1897

Family

Canidae

Root name

microdon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:27555 (= USNM:MAMM:A39654)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ca37bef4-469f-4f9a-8f26-179780868c68

Authority page

29

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263268

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Canis vigilis

C. H. Merriam, 1897

Family

Canidae

Root name

vigilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:32627 (= USNM:MAMM:A44550)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3afec54bf-af0f-473c-b147-33c46b4551c5

Authority page

33

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263264

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Canis frustror

S. W. Woodhouse, 1851

Family

Canidae

Root name

frustror

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:4105

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31c7b23b8-3d2c-4f9d-b8b7-28f21abeb3e6

Authority page

147

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1642739

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Canis estor

C. H. Merriam, 1897

Family

Canidae

Root name

estor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:57141

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/305b5ec00-627e-4df4-b2d7-efe920d8db0c

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263266

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis mearnsi

C. H. Merriam, 1897

Family

Canidae

Root name

mearnsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:59899

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3471d0002-7137-4f68-a8e0-57e43a51463c

Authority page

30

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263267

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Canis peninsulae

C. H. Merriam, 1897

Family

Canidae

Root name

peninsulae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:74245

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a31e1a47-7ede-4a4d-8e40-6fe8050b6883

Authority page

28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263269

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Canis pallidus

C. H. Merriam, 1897

Family

Canidae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

USNM:MAMM:77093

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38ba38bab-3ff7-46cf-b213-870dac7989c9

Authority page

24

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263273

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis nebracensis

C. H. Merriam, 1898

Family

Canidae

Root name

nebracensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

USNM:MAMM:77093

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38ba38bab-3ff7-46cf-b213-870dac7989c9

Authority page

782

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31426962

Authority publication

Science

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis riviveronis

Hay, 1917

Family

Canidae

Root name

riviveronis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:V:8835 (= FGS 7036)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f0fa2672-5640-45df-8dc2-83fa7cc892d5

Authority page

59

Authority publication

Annual Report of the Florida State Geological Survey

Canis latrans lestes

V. O. Bailey, 1936

Family

Canidae

Root name

lestes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

276

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806199

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1936:276, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Canis latrans cagottis

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

cagottis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Canis latrans clepticus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

clepticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Canis latrans frustror

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

frustror

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Canis latrans goldmani

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

goldmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Canis latrans hondurensis

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

hondurensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Canis latrans impavidus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

impavidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Canis latrans jamesi

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

jamesi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Canis latrans latrans

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

latrans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Canis latrans mearnsi

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

mearnsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Canis latrans microdon

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

microdon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Canis latrans ochropus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

ochropus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Canis latrans peninsulae

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

peninsulae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Canis latrans texensis

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

texensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Canis latrans vigilis

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

vigilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Canis latrans

Say in James, 1823

Family

Canidae

Root name

latrans

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

168 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40216592

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Godman (1826:260, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49165564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67289)
  2. Lesson (1827:164, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207632) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Lesson (1842:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. True (1885:610, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  5. Allen (1896:258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15952)
  6. Bailey (1936:276, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  7. Goodwin (1946:438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  8. Orr (1949:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67164)
  9. Corbet & Hill (1980:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  10. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:244, 245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  11. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  12. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  13. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3745) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3745) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005941) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  17. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  18. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3745/163508579) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Canis ochropus

von Eschscholtz, 1829

Family

Canidae

Root name

ochropus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Lesson (1842:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Lyciscus cagottis

(C. H. Smith, 1839)

Family

Canidae

Root name

cagottis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

164

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18521714

Authority publication

London

Canis frustrator

Black, 1937

Family

Canidae

Root name

frustrator

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

169

Authority publication

Kansas State Board of Agriculture Biennial Report

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