Eastern coyote

The hybrid swarm extended into the midwestern United States, with Ohio coyotes shown on average to be a hybrid of western coyote (66%), western wolf (11%), eastern wolf (12%), and domestic dog (10%) in their nuclear genome.

[8] For northeastern coyotes, hybridization with the dog was estimated to have occurred between 11 and 24 generations ago, and there is no evidence of recent dog-coyote crossing.

[8] Northeast coyotes benefit from a more diverse genome that includes genes from both wolves and dogs, which has likely allowed their adaption to both forested and human-dominated habitats.

After this, physical differences become more apparent, with eastern coyote pups displaying longer legs.

[1] Aside from size, both eastern and western coyotes are physically similar; each have erect ears, a straight and bushy tail, a conspicuous supracaudal gland and a narrow chest.

They also range in the eastern Canadian provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick,[24] Nova Scotia,[25] Prince Edward Island,[26] and Newfoundland and Labrador.

[27] In Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire, there is no bag limit for coyotes, and there is an open hunting season.

Researchers from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry examined animal carcasses visited by radio-collared coyotes during the winter and summer of 2008–09.

The adult deer that were taken had severe preexisting injuries, and were likely to die from other causes in the absence of coyote predation.

In 2009, a 19-year-old Canadian folk singer, Taylor Mitchell, died after being attacked by eastern coyotes on a hike.