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  • Serge Lariviere
    Director General, Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Board, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada.
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Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Diet selection in the Coyote Canis latrans. Aug 01, 2026
Added taxonomy box. May 06, 2026
Add new Web site: PNAS - Evolution in coyotes (Canis latrans) in response to the megafaunal extinctions. Nov 26, 2025
Add new Web site: Scientific Reports - Coyote family activity in a landscape of fear. Sep 05, 2025
Add new Web site: Iowa State University Extension and Outreach - Natural Resource Stewardship - Coyotes: Damage Management. Jun 28, 2025
Add new Web site: University of California - eScholarship - Habituation and tolerance in coyotes (Canis latrans), a flexible urban predator (PDF). Mar 25, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Diet selection in the Coyote Canis latrans. Dec 09, 2024
Add new Web site: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife - Coyotes. Sep 12, 2024
Add new Web site: Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife - Coyote. Jun 18, 2024
Add new Web site: World Animal Foundation - Coyotes � The Full Story from Physical Characteristics to Myths! May 08, 2024
Add new Web site: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife - Coyote. Mar 28, 2024
Add new Web site: Missouri Department of Conservation - Coyote. Nov 07, 2023
Add new Web site: State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry - Coyote. Sep 05, 2023
Add new Web site: Alaska Department of Fish And Game - Coyote. Apr 07, 2023
Add new Web site: University of Minnesota - Natural Resources Research Institute - Minnesota Mammals - Coyote. Jan 05, 2023
Add new Web site: Animal Corner - Coyote. Aug 29, 2022
Add new Web site: Live Science - Coyotes: facts about the wily members of the Canidae family. Jul 25, 2022
Article revised and updated. Jun 03, 2022
Corrected display issue. Apr 18, 2018
Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Coyote. Aug 06, 2014
Add new Web site: San Diego Zoo - Coyote. Jun 02, 2014
Add new Web site: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum - Coyote. Jun 02, 2014
Add new Web site: National Wildlife Federation - Mammals - Coyote. Jun 02, 2014
Add new Web site: DesertUSA - Coyote. Jun 02, 2014
Add new Web site: National Audubon Society - Kids - Coyote. Jun 02, 2014
Add new Web site: College of Environmental Science and Forestry - Adirondack Ecological Center - Coyote. Jan 13, 2014
Add new Web site: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation - Eastern Coyote. Jan 13, 2014
Add new Web site: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - North American Mammals - Coyote. Jan 13, 2014
Add new Web site: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Coyote. Jan 13, 2014
Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Coyote. Aug 08, 2013
Add new Web site: Animal Planet - Coyote. Aug 08, 2013
Add new Web site: National Geographic - Animals - Coyote. Aug 08, 2013
Add new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - Coyote. Aug 08, 2013
Add new Web site: Wildscreen Arkive - Coyote. Aug 08, 2013
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Coyotes. Jan 11, 2013
Photo of a coyote added. Aug 16, 2011
Added new Web site: National Geographic Kids - Animals - Coyote. May 12, 2009
Added new Web site: Animal Planet - Coyote. Apr 14, 2009
Article revised and updated. Jan 06, 2009
Added new Web site: Environmental Education For Kids - Coyote. Jun 18, 2008
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Coyote. May 27, 2008
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Coyote. Mar 17, 2008
Added new Web site: Animal Myths & Legends - Coyote. Oct 09, 2007
Added new Web site: National Geographic - Coyote. Oct 09, 2007
Added new Web site: Critter Control - Coyote. Oct 09, 2007
Added new Web site: State Symbols USA - Coyote. Oct 09, 2007
Added new Web site: Fact Monster - Science - Coyote. Oct 09, 2007
Added new Web site: Dog Owner's Guide - The coyote. Oct 09, 2007
Added new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - Coyote. May 29, 2006
Article thoroughly revised. Apr 19, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 23, 1999
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