At least 19 subspecies of coyote now roam throughout North and Central America, from California to Newfoundland, and Alaska to Panama, occupying a broad range of habitats: grasslands and deserts, ...

The coyote has been present in New York state at least since ... but has not been reported for coyotes and the larger subspecies of gray wolves in the northwestern states, northern Canada or Alaska.

This finding is a key conservation victory—as those seeking to strip Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections from red wolves have long argued that the animal is a coyote subspecies or a gray ...