HIST-UA 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Iucn Red List, Vulpes, Phylogenetic Tree
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The natural history of canis latrans (coyote: description. Lewis and clark had discovered canis latrans on august 12, 1804 while meriwether. Lewis described the species on may 5, 1805 during one of their expeditions. The scientific name of a coyote, canis latrans, literally means barking dog which was the assumption william clark had made between the barks of a fierce dog and a prairie wolf ( discovering lewis and clark 1). A coyote is also called a prairie wolf or. It was not named coyote until 1828 when the english translation of the aztec word coyotl appeared in dictionaries (lariviere 1). Clark was able to score a prairie wolf which was shot near the white river of south dakota from where it was collected ( journals of l&c expeditions 11). A coyote is relatively smaller and lighter built than a gray wolf, and it walks on all four legs with its tail following along.
