Intense harvesting of eastern wolves facilitated hybridization with coyotes

Authors: Jonathan G. Way, Linda Rutledge, Tyler Wheeldon and Bradley N. White

From the Northeastern Naturalist

“These results indicate that the eastern Coyote should more appropriately be termed “Coywolf” to reflect their hybrid (C. latrans x lycaon) origin. Genetic data were also used to assess parental and kinship relationships, and confirmed that family units typically contain an unrelated breeding pair and their offspring. ”

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