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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaChordataMammaliaCarnivoraCanidaeCanis

Coyote
Canis latrans Say, 1823

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Carnivora
Family Canidae
Genus Canis
Species Canis latrans Say, 1823

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Accidental

Distribution

Range

Known from two counties across two states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Kentucky, Oklahoma

Counties

Kentucky
Woodford
Oklahoma
Delaware

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

LC Least Concern

EXEWCRENVUNTLC▲

Assessed in 2018.

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

United States
N5 Secure
Canada
N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

Minnesota
SNR Unranked
Washington
S5 Secure
Massachusetts
S5 Secure
Indiana
S5 Secure
California
SNR Unranked
Alaska
S5 Secure
Illinois
S5 Secure
South Dakota
S5 Secure
Maryland
S4 Apparently Secure
DE
SU Unrankable
Arkansas
S5 Secure
Connecticut
S5 Secure
Montana
S5 Secure
Utah
S5 Secure
Texas
S5 Secure
Iowa
S5 Secure
Georgia
S4 Apparently Secure
New York
S5 Secure
Oregon
S5 Secure
Nevada
S5 Secure
NN
S5 Secure
Wyoming
S5 Secure
Missouri
S5 Secure
West Virginia
S5 Secure
Oklahoma
SNR Unranked
Michigan
S5 Secure
Pennsylvania
S5 Secure
Idaho
S5 Secure
North Carolina
S5 Secure
New Mexico
S5 Secure
Florida
SNR Unranked
Kansas
S5 Secure
RI
SU Unrankable
Virginia
S5 Secure
Colorado
S5 Secure
Kentucky
S5 Secure
NJ
S5 Secure
Vermont
S5 Secure
ME
S5 Secure
NH
S5 Secure
South Carolina
S5 Secure
NE
S5 Secure
Wisconsin
S5 Secure
Alabama
S5 Secure
Ohio
SNR Unranked
ND
S5 Secure
Tennessee
S5 Secure
Arizona
S5 Secure
Louisiana
S5 Secure
Mississippi
S5 Secure
Ontario
S5 Secure
Prince Edward Island
S5 Secure
Newfoundland and Labrador
SU Unrankable
Manitoba
S5 Secure
Nova Scotia
S5 Secure
New Brunswick
S5 Secure
Yukon
S5 Secure
Northwest Territories
S4 Apparently Secure
British Columbia
S5 Secure
Saskatchewan
S5 Secure
Newfoundland and Labrador
S5 Secure
Quebec
S5 Secure
Alberta
S5 Secure

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Fenolio, D.B. 2012. 2012 Ozark aquatic subterranean wildlife surveys. Report to Oklahoma Biological Survey. Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 3 pp.

How to cite this account

Canis latrans Say, 1823. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2258. https://cavebiology.org/species/canis-latrans/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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