Canis latrans Say 1823 Canis latrans Say 1823, in: James, Account Exped. Pittsburgh to Rocky Mtns, Vol. 1: 168. Type Locality: "Engineer cantonment" reported at "latitude 41°25'N, and longitude...95°47'30'W" (p. XVIII, vol. 2). Reported in Honacki et al. (1982) as " U.S.A., Nebraska, Washington Co., Engineer Cantonment, about 12 mi. (19.2 km) S. E. Blair". Vernacular Names: Coyote. Subspecies:: Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. latrans Say 1823 Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. cagottis C. E. H. Smith 1839 Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. clepticus Elliot 1903 Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. dickeyi Nelson 1932 Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. frustror Woodhouse 1851 Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. goldmani Merriam 1904 Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. hondurensis Goldman 1936 Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. impavidus J. A. Allen 1903 Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. incolatus Hall 1934 Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. jamesi Townsend 1912 Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. lestes Merriam 1897 Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. mearnsi Merriam 1897 Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. microdon Merriam 1897 Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. ochropus Eschscholtz 1829 Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. peninsulae Merriam 1897 Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. texensis Bailey 1905 Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. thamnos Jackson 1949 Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. umpquensis Jackson 1949 Subspecies Canis latrans subsp. vigilis Merriam 1897 Distribution: Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, USA. Introduced to Florida and Georgia and currently widespread throughout Northern and Central America (Beckoff, 1977, 1999). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Revised by Young (1951) and reviewed by Beckoff (1977). Synonyms allocated according to Beckoff (1977) and Hall (1981).

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, pp. 532-628 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 575, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519