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Common Name

Coyote

Specimen Numbers

IMNH R-396

Species

Species: latrans

Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Tetrapoda Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Carnivora Suborder: Caniformia Family: Canidae Genus: Canis Species: latrans 101 Subspecies: cagottis 525 Subspecies: clepticus 526 Subspecies: dickeyi 527 Subspecies: frustror 528 Subspecies: goldmani 529 Subspecies: hondurensis 530 Subspecies: impavidus 531 Species: urophasianus 411 Species: urophasianus 411 Subspecies: incolatus 532 Subspecies: jamesi 533 Subspecies: latrans 534 Subspecies: lestes 535 Subspecies: mearnsi 536 Species: herodias 416 Species: herodias 416 Subspecies: microdon 537 Subspecies: ochropus 538 Subspecies: peninsulae 539 Species: hemionus 419 Species: hemionus 419 Subspecies: texensis 540 Subspecies: thamnos 541 Genus: Cervus 421 Genus: Cervus 421 Subspecies: umpquensis 542 Species: elaphus 422 Species: elaphus 422 Subspecies: vigilis 543 Subspecies: cagottis 525 Subspecies: clepticus 526 Subspecies: dickeyi 527 Subspecies: frustror 528 Subspecies: goldmani 529 Subspecies: hondurensis 530 Subspecies: impavidus 531 Subspecies: incolatus 532 Subspecies: jamesi 533 Subspecies: latrans 534 Subspecies: lestes 535 Subspecies: mearnsi 536 Subspecies: microdon 537 Subspecies: ochropus 538 Subspecies: peninsulae 539 Subspecies: texensis 540 Subspecies: thamnos 541 Subspecies: umpquensis 542 Subspecies: vigilis 543

Elements

Element	Length	Width	Thickness
Cranium	173.273	79.894	62.25
Mandible Left	136.927	24.695	64.677
Cervical Vertebrae 1 - Atlas	34.995	70.799	24.558
Cervical Vertebrae 2 - Axis	55.409	32.903	35.474
Cervical Vertebrae 3	36.194	36.96	36.387

Specimen Elements

City

Pocatello, Idaho USA

Age

Modern to Modern

Collector

H. G. McDonald

Collection

Marie Hopkins Comparative Osteology Collection

Sex

Unknown

Is Complete

No

Date Published

12/22/2015

Repository

Idaho Museum of Natural History

Repositing City: Pocatello, Idaho USA

Cause Of Death

Unknown

Elements

Comments

The Specimen is incomplete. The skull of the specimen has been shattered, and most of the teeth are missing. The Right mandible is missing.