[Alberta's Child]

They were called “coydogs” because it was presumed that these were coyotes that had interbred with dogs.

Turns out that they are a hybrid between a coyote and a wolf, and they developed from cross-breeding that occurred as western coyotes migrated across Ontario into the northeastern U.S. The hybrid animal is larger than a coyote and has characteristics of both strains of predatory dog: the wily nature of a coyote combined with the “pack” social model of wolves. Coyotes are solitary animals by nature, but the coyote-wolf hybrid is not.

[central_va]

A man's best physical feature:

[marktwain]

Wolves and coyotes can successfully interbreed. They can interbreed with dogs, generally as well.

This means they are all part of one very successful, highly diverse species.

Coyotes are just small wolves.