with all the talk about coyotes i have some people call them coyotes and some have caaled them coy-dogs are the these the same a

[kmonahan]

with all the talk about coyotes i have some people call them coyotes and some have caaled them coy-dogs are the these the same animal? if not what is the difference. thank you kevin monahan newport,new york

[dufus]

I had one road killed in front of my house several years ago. I couldn't believe how big it was! It's head reminded me of a pit bull head, but with a long snout.

[Josey]

Coy-dogs are coyote/dog crosses. However, where you are there are coyotes with wolf genes (Eastern Coyotes). These get bigger than their western cousins. As with many species, there is a lot of genetic variation from east to west and vice versa. In biology, terms like transition, intergrades, sub-species, races, are used to describe changes in pheno- and genotypes.