Did you know…Animals

Did you know…

Animals - Coyotes

• Coyotes have excellent vision and a great sense of smell. • Coyotes are very good swimmers. • Coyotes rarely build their own dens. They usually take over an abandoned one. • Dogs run with their tails up; coyotes run with their tails down. • Coyotes can run about 40 miles an hour. • Coyotes are found in most of the United States and Canada and some of Mexico. • Coyotes mate for life and are monogamous. • Coyotes raise their young as a couple or within a larger pack. • Coyote parents are very protective of the young and move the pups to new dens if they feel the original is unsafe. • Coyotes are by far the most vocal wild mammals in North America. Researchers have identified 11 different vocalizations: growl, huff, woof, bark, bark-howl, lone howl, group yip-howl, whine, group howl, greeting songs, yelps. • Coyotes use their vocalizations to communicate with others in their family group or pack and communicate territory to animals outside the pack. • Coyotes are most closely related to gray wolves. • Coyotes are excellent jumpers. When jumping horizontally they can clear distances up to 13 feet. • Coyotes have long fur that is brownish red, grey or white. Coyotes have a bushy tail like a fox. • Labeled "wily" by humans, coyotes are intelligent and versatile creatures.

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