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NE coyotes seem to exhibit a very big color range, even more so than wolves. I've seen them in the typical brown with black guard hairs, almost as red as a fox, nearly black, and a few with strange patterns of white- including one with white pennies over its eyes. That one was DNA tested by a curious grad student. The term coydog came and went in this region after people figured out coyotes just varied in color.
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NE coyotes seem to exhibit a very big color range, even more so than wolves. I've seen them in the typical brown with black guard hairs, almost as red as a fox, nearly black, and a few with strange patterns of white- including one with white pennies over its eyes. That one was DNA tested by a curious grad student. The term coydog came and went in this region after people figured out coyotes just varied in color.
i agree with PBurns on this one. structurally, more than color, this animal looks like a coyote crossed with a dog.
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